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The word 'badness'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
badnessOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.71210
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 8 6 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 28.1 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of badness in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
esult o any kind o thrawn BBC badness. They are more likely cheust
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ians' nickname, that wis jist badness on page 50

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
s owner nearly peyed fur its badness by takin a punch in the puss.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Gif I was, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
ve you found the lord,’ for badness sake I wadnae let on it wis m
1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
. Flooers hae thorns jist for badness!' on page 28

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
them choppin widd jist oot o badness, raither than for ony guid re on page 104

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Cain, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Sae for aa his badness on page 72
And dae some hellish badness on page 73

2 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ere”? Wad it no confirm the badness o Roushie? Wad it no confirm
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2017) Central
fitba wi his heid oot o sheer badness.

General Ulster

Millar, Al Poortith Bono owersettin, (no publisher recorded 2022) Ulster, poetry
is bit a pictur o badness speelin
An tha badness has speelt my freens
2 matches

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