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ugsome Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.7 26.6 14.4 0 0 21.9 0
Number of occurrences6150 9 0 0 2 0
Number of authors29 23 4 2

Occurrences of ugsome 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

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
ittin roon tae thinkin o his "ugsome" widdrim as a splore tae be t on page 135

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Adamson, Donald Lallans 90 - The Myndin o Lockerbie, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
ahin the ugsome, oily cloods o reek - on page 37

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
twa bonny young lasses - wi ugsome pock-merks tae scaur their fa on page 74

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
heir joke's near done. Though ugsome be the stink, on page 6

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
cky suit and a yella tic. 'he ugsome wide orange-and green check o on page 44
somethin else. She wis a fell ugsome wumman, a frichtsome tyrannic on page 61
'Dae ye deny it, ya ugsome hotterel! Ur ye pleadin no gu on page 114
late, mirky craiturs. It's an ugsome greeshach animal, a bit like on page 131
yer faither he tellt me some ugsome tales aboot the way ye behave on page 152
Also on pages 155, 156, 164, 193
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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Jist at that, the ugsome green licht explodit ahent th on page 66

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ugh ... it micht hae some gey ugsome results...' on page 148

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
tae Rome, disjaskit wi life's ugsome fecht, disgraced, an wi the a on page 101
they wir dumfounert ugsome beasts, fechtin owre caves an on page 120

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
ie. He really didna like that ugsome auld witch o a wumman. And aw on page 12
id at aw. She wis aye jist as ugsome efter she'd had it as she'd b on page 14
bbe yon will brichten up thae ugsome broon teeth o hers,' he said. on page 20
ront room has ilka yin o thae ugsome troubles,' Geordie said. 'She on page 29
Mr Kranky keeked up at the ugsome auld wumman and he smiled a d on page 94

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
low the ferm that belangs yon ugsome wee kettle-bellied scrunt, Bo on page 50

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
There cam an ugsome wind thon luckless nicht on page 24
Skies mirken wi the ugsome scour o daith, on page 30
Thon ugsome ferlie gawks frae twa derk mu on page 44

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Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
An on the ugsome sairpent, forbye, that twines on page 43

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Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
Thon ugsome ferlie gawks frae twa derk mu on page 59

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Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
ahin the ugsome, oily cloods o reek - on page 26

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Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
t that hadnae dischairged its ugsome mintin. And every nou and aga on page 18

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Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
him, ef some bonnie and some ugsome. They were the Emperor's guid on page 107

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
e Haly an Gare Lochs, wi thae ugsome Polaris an Trident missiles, on page 110

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Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
bealin up inside him like an ugsome bile that burst. "I wish I ha on page 37

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Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
atween gusts throu the sudden ugsome on page 107

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Fairnie, Robert Thochts o Speakin Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2001) Central, prose
the Scots language wis sic an ugsome thing tae thae cheils, that h
enge an thocht it "common" an ugsome. They didna hae airm patches
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
n on the grammatical aspecks: ugsome stuff like "which" an "wham".
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
That soonds richt ugsome, Lord. Like some fell scunner
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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
for haudin on wi an ugsome tradeition. In truith, he hae
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
at least the name, if no the ugsome craters thirsels. Accordin ta
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Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
t Scots (or Gaelic), revealin ugsome prejudices that were deeply p
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
defu heid. “I will kill the ugsome craitur an free ma
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ands an Islands leet, but the ugsome, scunnersome puddock fawed we
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McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ries bein telt frae Qatar are ugsome; frae the want o basic saufte
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McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
d o Liberty? The scunnersome, ugsome things we grue tae read o, th
ht experiment. Suppose aw the ugsome things we hae heard tae the s
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@billykayscot tweeted
numpties an twatts. Ye’re an ugsome disgrace tae yer faimily, yer(2020) search twitter
ar, fell, fremmit, wanchancy, ugsome, unbraw etc.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 67 - Twa poems bi Douglas Kynoch, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
Aat's an ugsome forkie; on page 63

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
t? A lion kill? The stech wis ugsome! A can yit see the bleck silh on page 80

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Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
Och, it wis ugsome thonner! on page 118

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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
wad be naarhan seer tae be an ugsome een. But syne, fit a divert i on page 44
hanns about, an mak the maist ugsome murgeons at the peer Keing. on page 93

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
aidest o Scots, the tale o an ugsome quine fa cudna fin ony chiel
Plant life wis ugsome an raivelled. The fyew bittie
Ugsome an quanter, aa misfittit ferl
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
taed feet, an kent syne, foo ugsome, an gyad sake, an fyachie he
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Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
Nou we're delivirt frae sic ugsome weys on page 142

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Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"That's gie ugsome!" chimed in Ahlice. on page 71

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