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Use in varieties of Scots

bothert Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.3 13.8 0 0 0 10.9 48.6
Number of occurrences3826 0 0 0 1 11
Number of authors10 7 1 2

Occurrences of bothert in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
gs, aw cause they couldnae be bothert tae mind the rules their pals on page 13
d Alice; no that she wis that bothert either wey, bit the Dodo hid on page 27
"Ah'm no that bothert-" said Alice. on page 63
he's hivvin a kip he'll no be bothert." on page 66

4 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Couldnae be bothert heatin the pies. Et mine caul on page 1

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ugh, they jist pure cannae be bothert daein it. on page 23
e though, ah wished ah hadnae bothert cause he made us dae penaltie on page 66
mair (cept when she cannae be bothert walkin upstairs an she needs on page 115
ah never cause ah couldnae be bothert wi another argument. on page 116
that. She says she isnae that bothert aboot gaun home though, cause on page 155
Also on pages 169
10 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
o the week it is, and he's no bothert at aw that normal fowk like m on page 17

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
in, it wis mair I couldnae be bothert goin oot gettin bloutered ivv on page 136

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
tit skirtins. Nor got thirsel bothert aboot the damp stinkin wee lo
1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
isive at aw. Ilka person that bothert tae haul thersels oot the hoo
1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
’s hair. “Dinnae lukk sae bothert. It’s no yer faut. Naethin
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
uch. She wis still angert, an bothert. He booed silently an daunert
ched him. In fack, they hadna bothert him an Beatrice at aa, apairt
tellin Hsien, “Ah canna be bothert tryin tae keep up wi thee.”
worth the stealin, an naebody bothert thaim. Here in the mair ferti
worth the stealin, an naebody bothert thaim. Here in the mair ferti
6 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"Whae's bothert aboot yow?" said Ahlice (she on page 121

1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
thaim that wus tormentit, or bothert wi ïll spirits, or tuk fïts on page 4
m a hale lock o fowk that wur bothert wi ïll spïrits, an he driv on page 9
Tha wee lad bothert wi a wickit spïrit on page 86
At tha stairt tha judge niver bothert: for a lang time he dïd naet on page 100

10 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Waullie cudnae be bothert wi this. "Wud ye ivver houl y on page 16

1 matches

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