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The word 'nut'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nutOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus42.313747
ORK - Orkney 59.6 6 3
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 22.9 2 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 139.1 3 1
SEC - (South) East Central 74.2 29 7
WCE - West Central 82.8 18 4
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 3
GLA - Glasgow 64.3 14 6
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 28 21 12
SEA - South East (Borders) 336.9 27 3
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 42.2 3 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of nut in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Orkney Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2015 ISBN: 978-1785300066) Orkney, weans
The moose fund a nut, an the nut wis - sweet. on page 23

2 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Here's a butter-nut tae sook. on page 5
Nut cutlets and casseroled bean s on page 31

3 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ted bae a horrid bonny pair o nut crackers in the window, Mrs C on page 87

1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
a skate's purse tight as a nut, but fur on page 21

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
He cairries a nut that's the heicht o a cairn! on page 24

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ts the tree tae gar it drap a nut. An fin she's staunin there,
near echty, still swack, bit nut-broon an wrinkled like a taed
2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
@Prodrill_ers ha ha nut!(2014)
@murraytennisfan Nut, niver sunny in Huntly!(2014)
@murraytennisfan Nut!(2014)

Mid Northern B

Crawford, Jack The Pluffer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
s sat in history bored oot me nut sat there speekin to a freen
1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
as chunks o nut get stuck in his teeth. on page 32

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
i say 'Ye can nivver tell the nut bi its shell' an Ah've lernt on page 72

1 matches

General Northern

@daleser23 tweeted
ndrew_ aye they dee my fuckin nut in(2013)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ike last time! Useless ginger nut replaced w(2018)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
en he walked past. "Stick the nut on thae lions. Git tore intae on page 3
"Nut," said Hercules. on page 6
stheus's patter wis daein his nut in. But whit else could he da on page 26

3 matches

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
did Ah hing oot. Weel, Ah wis nut fairt, ma ain mither showed m on page 4
hard as that the wummen dae. Nut only dae we hae tae look efte on page 14
ell me that a wummin that wis nut fae these pairts gied the mon on page 24
e say Ah widnae chinge him no nut even fur the Life of Reilly w on page 28
it's rainin' ootside Ah will nut thole Eck comin' intae the ho on page 30
Also on pages 32, 33, 37
11 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Been buzzin oot ae ma nut maist ae the day. Oan coke an on page 143

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
fit 'foot', sit 'soot', nit 'nut', pit 'put', wid 'wood', ithe
fit (foot), sit (soot), nit (nut), pit (put), wid (wood), ithe
2 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
This monkey nut diet,
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Big Schuil, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
"A am nut," says wee Jeemie, "A'm no a
"A am nut." An he startit up wi his, "A
"Nut."
beetruit nou aa richt. "A hiv nut."
"A hiv nut."
8 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ty loaf richt in front o him. Nut… EVEN WORSE! Ah couldnae se
1 matches

Lamb, Darcie T in the Park, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Kirkcaldy, prose
were so nice. There wis a few nut cases, steamin oot their nut.
cases, steamin oot their nut. Hefty embarrassment!
2 matches

Letford, William Bevel, (Carcanet 2012 ISBN: 978 1 84777 192 6) Central - Stirling, poetry
yur plume look it that Frank nut a look
nut a nut plod on then mouldy breed hee
2 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
lark thinks she's a pure hard nut but she's no. She used tae be on page 28
She pure went aff her nut at me earlier on cause ah wen on page 66
en an Wully McCoy (but he's a nut case so ah didnae want tae pi on page 72
the weekend. Ma ma made this nut roast thing wi mushroom gravy on page 92
pals wur pure spaced oot thir nut on it. They kept comin up tae on page 125
Also on pages 141, 152, 155, 159, 169
14 matches

Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
, that, an ma da gaun aff his nut.
1 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
aturday night? You're aff yer nut, Abby." Liam remarked.
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
cin’ aboot an’ dain’ ma nut It's times lit that a weesh't
1 matches

Lochhead, Liz Ashet, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
ever ever cryin that skirlie, nut ata,
1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
I gaed doon tae the nut-gairden on page 14

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
,” she sayed. “The rw dis nut mak it easy.”
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
hen he stapped short. Anither nut-broon bodie hid kythed itsel,
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Nut," said the cook. on page 112

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
g like that, c'mon. Screw the nut,' the bouncer says tae me whe on page 8

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
the cunt is actually aff his nut. on page 5
ie says, shakin his wee baldy nut. on page 29
. Big Kenzie's buzzin oot his nut, shoutin tae aw us fae the fr on page 47
s it m nods his own big solid nut. He claps his hands loudly. on page 59

4 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
My da stauns there In nut'n but boccies. on page 3

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
doon the stairs an cracks his nut aff the skirtin board at the on page 3
ae shite an ahm bored oot mah nut. Mah uncle's big, crusty, exp on page 76

2 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2017 ISBN: 978-1785300592) Central - Glasgow, weans
The moose funna nut an the nut wiz good. on page 25

2 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
Is a nut the size ae a massive great b on page 27

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
hat bastarn thing, ye aff yer nut?’ ah sais.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ted aboot oan the back ay his nut where he’s been crowned wae
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
Agnes snorted. 'I will nut.' on page 8

1 matches

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
on for real? Seriously? Thon? Nut. No serious at aw! It's ainly on page 134

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Veruca in the Nut Chaumer on page 125
, then suddently he flung the nut ower his shooder intae a muck on page 126
in her tae see if she's a bad nut or no,' said Mr Wonka. 'Jist on page 128
d Mrs Saut breenged intae the Nut Chaumer and ran ower tae the on page 131

7 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
t the main thing that does ma nut aboot Manny is this nickname on page 22

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
'Ye've nut!' on page 49

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
"Nut," Violet said, "And I'll gie on page 81

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
in him, Maw would go off hur nut and they'd argue. on page 42

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Screw the nut, wull ye? on page 8

1 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
he wis feart he’d dae his nut.
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
se); loozie arnuts (the earth-nut, efter the superstition that
1 matches

Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
eir plans, bit dae we? Dae we nut. We play straight intil their
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
@TheLogicalBloke Nut i dinnae close em, I'm a nosi(2020)

@WhenDidADidny tweeted
ce that some lad has a severe nut allergy so don't eat nuts on (2018) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
ess ye're Trump. He's aff his nut.(2020)

@weenell3 tweeted
mcg1 It takes a special kinda Nut tae vote Tory (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
she'll hink Ah um fur eskin! Nut, eet'll ne'er dae tae esk: Ah on page 9
aun tae dae that in a hurry. "Nut, Ah'll look firrst," she said on page 12
is th capital o Rome, an Rome-nut, that's aw wrang, Ah'm share! on page 18
ch, tons o lessons tae learn! Nut, Ah've made up ma mind aboot on page 19
s eet kills aw th rats an-och nut!" cried Ahlice gie sorry lik, on page 22
Also on pages 37, 44, 52, 60, 69, 73, 81, 91, 97, 102, 113, 118, 121
23 matches

@cammyrudkin tweeted
@BobbyRobson46 nut jist paper bit it is bein a c(2012)
@BrodieDru nut that was jist mi laughin watc(2012)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
@cammyrudkin @bobbyrobson46 nut all the weemen run away frae (2012)
@Linsey_xo nut cause its a yak #naechance #l(2012)

South West (Galloway)

Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
a bit, but he wisnae pit aff, nut wan bit. Ah’m no shair if y
1 matches

General Ulster

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
I Had a Wee Nut Tree on page 20

3 matches

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