Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'nir'

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Use in varieties of Scots

nir	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	15.7	52	10
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	19.6	6	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	2.6	1	1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	86.8	14	1
GLA - Glasgow	5	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	5.3	4	2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)	125.5	4	2
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)	1221	21	1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of nir in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Nir kent a horse an ploo, on page 6
en an see aathin, bit he kent nir cared naethin fir me; iv he h on page 65
drop-sookin Sunday kinna wye, nir holed up in some fooshtie-sme on page 67
at the neck's nae ower rubbit nir fool," she said, teetin throw on page 70

5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
rs. I ken ye'll nae grudge it nir lat me doon."
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Dieh rieht edih na nir yeht semoc ans 'i fi on page 113

1 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
“Nir mines aither.” seyd Teenie.
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
na craitur at nivver hed mair nir ae louman, an thon i the mids on page 5

4 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
the naitral mense o hul fowk, nir evin frae the surpreise at A on page 1
femall ane, nae mich beigger nir a dug, shae wes the cullour o on page 3

3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
u A'l can dae nae mair fur ye nir the mouss fur the lyoun, at t on page 3

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
wedder wes mair lichtsum ti'm nir dargin awaw in renn, win ir f on page 42
e'l cuid dae mukkil mair wirk nir thai duin, kiz thai wes aye s on page 44
t it cam ti be mair Pecht-lik nir thur at Barbar kervit on Colu on page 45

3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
it intil the weir bi nae mair nir mensk, Tittie hed nae douts. on page 4
tie hauddit hir mair sturelie nir cheins, an thusgates a lyfety on page 6

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
il hissell. ‘This is bettir nir whyt-waashin!’ The sunnsche
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
s aboot it: it wis nuhin mair nir less than a pig, an it wid be on page 61

1 matches

General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
rust, tae believe no fit fir, nir expressive nir 'proper' eneuc on page 36

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
"Wha'd neither waark nir want..." scraitched Lang Meg. on page 66
he fechtin perr. Naither Ella nir Meg hid the braith ir the sme on page 68

2 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Cartmill, Claire Three score years an ten, (Ballymoney and Moyle Times 2014) Ulster, newspaper
think wae ir mair in tha road nir onythin else. Some o tha youn
1 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
hey sae it is betther tae gie nir receive.
1 matches

Reynolds, Charlie An Appeal frae tha hairt, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
frae yins wha nether speak it nir yet alane unnerstaun it. Bae
1 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Tak pride in yer ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2009) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
ulture, somethin that am mair nir proud o, but why dae wae naw
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
thra tha coin shall nir be loost. on page 13
folk like us shud nir incline. on page 14
Sally nir ma buttocks got on page 17
Tasks oo life they nir seem lighter, on page 30
Alwyes hub bot nir tha spoke on page 34
Also on pages 35, 37, 39, 43, 44, 46
19 matches

Campbell, Robert Yarns 3 - Brae / Sheugh / Cannae / Piece, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ballymena, poetry
Nir spin aa yarn
Nir ye cannae get oot,
2 matches