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The word 'damned'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
damnedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.84122
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 29.1 5 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 48.7 11 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 4
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 2
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 25.1 4 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 6
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of damned 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.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
hid somehoo strayed intae the damned machine. on page 25

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"Du God damned dirty peerie hoor," shü roar on page 22
wis i da bed, an noo du's nae damned use dere eddir'. on page 49
ta Professor Sakovsky an his damned book, I tocht. on page 52

3 matches

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
e sign o life. Weel hit wis a damned nuisance; still we could nae
1 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
m numbed his legs. His sorrow damned him.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
winna gang by an ere's nae a damned thing at ye can dee aboot it. on page 7
ower the beds - at's jist a damned disgust." on page 62

2 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
Damned impidence, thocht Wittgenstei on page 88

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Richt damned cauld, spleetry shoor or twa.
Fae the North Wast a damned cauld blast,
Dry day, damned cauld withoot a doot.
front o him, sayin, "you ken damned fine six o clock is fan we ha
s further alang the road, the damned
8 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
It'S damned cauld at's nae surprise,
furious. "Get that damned fire oot this very meenit," s
richt it is WALNUT. Look, the damned stuff WULL NOT burn."
3 matches

(South) East Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 82 - Ae Legend o Sanct Benedict, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
'whaur some damned sauls kiss my ain on page 52

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
, as they yell oot like souls damned tae hell. They say that the b on page 16

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Whaur lanely pilgrims o the damned Glide throu the winter drow. on page 10
aa; publish, they say, an be damned. on page 78

2 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
t he wisnae happy and if that damned Cuddles wis doon at his level
1 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
s, an mair fowk than ever hae damned the torpedos an scrieved thei
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
™ o’ democracy – the best damned democracy money cun buy, eh?
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
hunner years, which is pretty damned big. Gie’n that nane o’ u
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
had been made tae look pretty damned uisless. An so his reputation on page 84
hae the way tae be rid o this damned poacher for once an for aw,' on page 85

2 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
"damned withoot watergrace. Tae stour on page 112

3 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 67 - Efter the Bonspiel, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
or Ixion, a' the damned fowk whase on page 63

1 matches

Glasgow

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
jars and fruit with those god-damned glassy cherries in them that on page 42

1 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ed yersel an that's why ye're damned tae go doon ablow.' on page 49

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
'Damned bitch!' sneists the man, 'Gie on page 46

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Better tae be damned than sained. on page 80

1 matches

Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
vin’ we’re free. The best damned democracy money can buy eh? A
1 matches

Coyne, Hilary The giant’s wife – or Ailsa the irked, (hilarycoyne.com/ 2021) Central, prose
about it over there. Facts be damned as usual. Although, if I were
1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
ameron did back in 1680. This damned king an government again an w

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