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Use in varieties of Scots

horrible Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.1 23.6 9 19.9 11.6 20.7 0
Number of occurrences5846 6 2 2 2 0
Number of authors29 19 5 2 2 1

Occurrences of horrible in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
Then ah hear a horrible, wattery sound. Like emptyin on page 14
There's a horrible silence in the caravan noo. C on page 16
n this mad room, scoopin this horrible pink liquid oot ae a vat an f on page 60

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
mist cam doun that veiled the horrible scene frae on page 51
kmen an trevellers (the maist horrible bein the drounin at the stake on page 62
an bitter - when there wis a horrible takin o life insteid o the ve on page 66

3 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
y tae make me oot tae be some horrible, heartless monster. Ye know w on page 1

3 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ut ah've started speakin in a horrible Scottish accent. Woke up this on page 56
imes. Ah mean, he really is a horrible bastard. Silence casts oor th on page 133
hat that wis aw jist yin big, horrible mistake. on page 162
n? Are the teachers gonnae be horrible bastards? What if naecunt lik on page 186
green, n aw. But he's a right horrible bastard." on page 195

5 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
na quiet; then it stairtit. A horrible skraichin noise, like the squ on page 51
oorie kind o licht. It wis a horrible phosphorescent green like the on page 65
okt up. There abune him wis a horrible sicht. A great ten-foot gochl on page 66
he had ivver seen afore wi a horrible, feechie green an it wis puls on page 69
ck, puin the sheet wi it. The horrible bloatit face an boadie o poor on page 94

7 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
quite happily pack her an her horrible, sleekit wee witch ae a siste on page 169

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
cam belchin oot. Jings it wis horrible. Ma faither niver drank an ne on page 76

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
e wis blue, green, black an a horrible grey colour like she had gath on page 23
oo. That's an awfy thing... a horrible thing tae dae. Whit if somebo on page 38
heid aff jist afore it went. Horrible... horrible. on page 64

4 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Horrible, horrible. on page 31

2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
Wi' mair of horrible and awfu',
Wi mair o horrible an awfu,
2 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
onythin that made me feel sae horrible, that felt like evil itsel ta
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
ah’ve started speakin in a horrible Scottish accent. Woke up this
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
nd the rain wis mournin anaw. Horrible weather fir a horrible night.
weather fir a horrible night. She wis babysittin, ye
2 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
be unner nae illusion it wis horrible tae live thru.

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
middle o the Firth o Forth. A horrible place tae be wi haurly onythi

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
That sounds horrible, daddy.
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
t me, eh? who ah um. Ah wis a horrible wee bastard fae dae yin. Luck
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
€™ve mis-spent ma life bein a horrible bastard, efteraw. Cos yae kin
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
, and gave Maisie a huge hug. Horrible to lose them, but you gave he(2020) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
Yep me! Cause a got stuck in horrible rain and wind this efternoon (2015) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
Thir's a horrible smell in ma livin room an kit(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
I've a horrible feeling the hospitals are gon(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
x for the live stream guys in horrible conditions - it wasnt ur nig (2020) twitter link
@TheRealTimcore yuck - looks horrible - defo get the skids efter e (2021) twitter link

Doric

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
an it made her forget aa the horrible stuff. The aulder loons an qu on page 59

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
horrible mood fin he got hame.
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
fae a china mug nae een o yon horrible big heavy joogs that fowk dra
ll thud o the grenade and the horrible screams o the dyin men nae us
2 matches

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
I had a horrible feelin aboot this.
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
Peggers Forgot tae mention - horrible pitch an ah. (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
the most horrible hell. on page 17

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
red the saet o his tractor wi horrible, stinkan blobs on page 16

1 matches

Shetland

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Scalloway Castle, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, poetry
Aa’ da horrible deeds dat happened athin
1 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
@itsJuliaHardy WOW. Thats horrible. Whit a vile peerie person (2018) twitter link

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
up b' wielt beasties an ither horrible hings, aw cos they would no m on page 12
hlice: "threi inches is sic a horrible height tae b'." on page 49

2 matches

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