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Use in varieties of Scots

honestly Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words20.3 25.2 12.1 9.9 29.1 20.7 0
Number of occurrences6549 8 1 5 2 0
Number of authors29 20 4 1 3 1

Occurrences of honestly 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.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
moosecatcher ye've ever seen! Honestly, ah wish ye could see her eft on page 31

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Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
, intoxicatin crackle. That's honestly the best wey ah kin describe on page 34
Mark' fae Brooke. Which in aw honestly, is what ah hud expected. Ins on page 35

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
twinklin under the spotlight. Honestly, ah need tae stoap masel fae on page 2
hair is, as ever, immaculate. Honestly, wit a fuckin darlin. on page 6
rew? It's a fuckin nightmare. Honestly, yer better aff workin. Cunt' on page 103

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
'Naw honestly. These boys ir the heavies, m on page 9

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
'Honestly, it's barely even worth it' on page 1

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
ma thochts oan a year that A honestly shouldnae hae hud. on page 92

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
sake, it's Die Hard wae AIDS. Honestly, ah've goat tae laugh. Ah mea on page 14
cheaper than a pair ae hands. Honestly, ah hear aw the time folk aro on page 22
pain as me. His tears helped, honestly. on page 41
eh? tellin me tae calm doon. Honestly, ah coulda punched his cunt i on page 55
"Aw, Dougie, honestly, mate" he says "wait till yae on page 75
Also on pages 92, 100, 116, 160
9 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
mibbe wid! Matilda cried. 'Ah honestly think they wid! They dinnae a on page 229

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an honestly say that yir hands on page 48

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
n he wis in the fire service. Honestly, ah said, an ah couldnae keep on page 100
me an rolt her eyes an said, Honestly Kirsty ah don't know how sumd on page 104
n up ma bedroom waw an stuff. Honestly, said Charlene. Aye. Here whi on page 105
ause he's gay, said Charlene. Honestly, ah said. Naw ah'm makin it u on page 158

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
eam at ma auld school would o honestly hud this bugger fur breakfast on page 24

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
el doon on a stump, "If ye're honestly wantin me tae let her gang, I on page 105
"Dae ye honestly think," Mr. Poe said, crabbit on page 154
ean whit ye jist said? Can we honestly come and bide wi ye?" on page 155

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'Dae ye honestly hink they'll want tae talk ta on page 59
'Honestly, Marie's got some amount o si on page 119

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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
confidence the laddy exuded. Honestly, confidence seeped out the fu
1 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
hiver went doon ma body and I honestly wis aboot tae faint when the
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
eh? tellin me tae calm doon. Honestly, ah coulda punched his cunt i
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ry,” Iskander sayed, “bit honestly, quhit for dae they hae tae m
“No really,” she answert honestly.
Honestly, I didn’t mean to mislead h
nae idea,” sayed Beatrice, honestly. “He sayed a practice rin -
4 matches

McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ns, that needs tae be debatit honestly an openly amang fans an the r
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Pennie, Len The year A shouldnae hae had, (tictok 2022) Central - Kilmarnock, poetry
ma thoughts oan a year that A honestly shouldnae hae had
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Facebook link ( 2022) Central
Ah didnae mean it, honestly! It’s no thit ah’m no car

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
uscular boady and meaty neck. Honestly, likes he’s goat a frighten
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
@AGlasgowGirl Ah honestly thocht "pakora" wis the singu(2020) search twitter

@changed_days tweeted
JenG1210 @C_M286 @Bairdric1 A honestly widny even say av been an ars (2021) twitter link
uch a hard gem tae watch man. Honestly wis sittin rippin ma hair oot (2021) twitter link

@Sinethugcat tweeted
@scarycath @annieglen207 I honestly think the quine is nae weel. (2021) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
@Ismcgr Ah kin honestly say that in ma 20 odd years t(2021) search twitter

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
stranger! You're a good loon. Honestly, I owe ye een..." on page 75

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
up being stuck inside aa day. Honestly, fit did folk dee wi themsels
1 matches

@daleser23 tweeted
rbes1 @paul_coull muffin i am honestly sick fed up o speaking aboot (2013) search twitter
ssandrew_ haha did i fuck. He honestly demolished a hotdog in aboot (2013) search twitter
tin shit. Hes a fuckin stroop honestly(2014) search twitter
@rossandrew_ hes a fud honestly(2014) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
adMentalTim My only china? Ye honestly think ah give a roast tattie (2021) twitter link
at do the podcasts...they are honestly superb...Celts through and th (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
t I think you are, somewhere. Honestly, this is fantastic." The arti on page 111

1 matches

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
Honestly da traffic in da toon an on d (2021) twitter link

@tattooedselkie tweeted
@JoEdwards41 Yun honestly wid not surprise me wan bit.(2021) search twitter
Honestly - some days I moan aboot whi(2021) search twitter
boot da flat doin nithin an I honestly dinna even feel slightly guil(2021) search twitter

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
E is noo full days in P1. I honestly dunna ken how I feel aboot it (2019) twitter link

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
d th Mock Turtle fair vexed: "Honestly ee're gie thick!" on page 93
hint heis haun tae th Queen, "Honestly, hen, ee hae tae cross-examin on page 114

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