A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

horrid Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.9 1.1 0 29.8 17.4 10.9 0
Number of occurrences92 0 3 3 1 0
Number of authors6 1 2 2 1

Occurrences of horrid in Corpus

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Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
biggit ane horrid wie houss richt afoir the man
,” sayed Napier,”thon’s horrid kittlie dist.”
2 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
-' "Haad on!" Brenna golders, horrid reid gittan. "Ir we no gaan t on page 86
ut A''m haerd her offiece wis horrid messed on Thirday by. Hid's s on page 96

2 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
imi Marwicks distracted bae a horrid bonny pair o nut crackers in on page 87

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
'feather' in StE: A'm fun dis horrid bonny pen fae a rain gøs. on page 106

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
t no Dodie's Granny. Shö’s horrid. Dodie maks up his mind ta mi
aybe dat’ll brichten up yon horrid broon teeth o hers,’ he sai
2 matches

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
2 days later fae this massive horrid hangover! ????(2020) search twitter