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The word 'guilt'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
guiltOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.93829
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 31.4 5 3
GLA - Glasgow 27.1 5 3
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 2
LAL - General Central 8 6 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 2
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of guilt in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Bit the guilt that I felt at survivan hurt on page 63

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"At proves his guilt, o course," sade e Queen: "so on page 115

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e bi nae mair blame, nae mair guilt. Ma loon's comin hame an Ah'm on page 68

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
r mither's a travel agent fir guilt trips." on page 35
ere. Ah wanner ower an drap a guilt-tinged fiver inte the paper c on page 43

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
owk on the Age Serum did, wad guilt lat it slip tae his Da? Neil
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
believe't. A haed confesst ma guilt; an far fae flytin, she jist on page 56

1 matches

General Northern

Stewart, Del Tales Fae The Doric Side - Haudagain, 8:12 am, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
whispery smoke signals o guilt, on page 87

1 matches

Wheeler, Leslie Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, weans
neeze awa noo withoot fear or guilt - on page 25

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
auld. Jock's is sittin there. Guilt, that's whit that pie is. Pla on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
boot it, eh? Ah'm riddled wae guilt. Hence ma offer tae pey the f on page 181

1 matches

West Central

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
Yuil Day and Hogmanay (aye, a guilt purchase), an then, suddent,
1 matches

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
But mibbie as a sign o guilt in some quarters, (tho probab
1 matches

Pennie, Len The year A shouldnae hae had, (tictok 2022) Central - Kilmarnock, poetry
in is darkness an numbness an guilt
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ae Inveraray an’ confess ma guilt an’ yer innocence bit I wis
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
He felt a maisterfu sense o guilt. It wis as gin he had aareadi
s a yin-man antidote tae thir guilt-drenched dregies. His sangs w
uate a wee, bit his feelins o guilt wis aye tribblin him. “I sh
3 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
te, is jist ay way for men to guilt trip women into havin’ sex.
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
h kin nae mare absolve him ay guilt, than he kin me - fur oor Jo on page 12

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
like these, a slight whip ae guilt penetratin the dark n heavy c on page 52

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
d ah don't feel that sense ae guilt every wakin moment that ahm n on page 1

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
h kin nae mare absolve him ay guilt, than he kin, me – fur oor
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
by a deep despair an terrible guilt that he cuid dae nocht tae ai on page 60

1 matches

Lehane, Matt Tuim Tattie, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
o guilt financed
1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
A fankle ae sweet guilt an hyperapology. on page 12
The wrang wasnae yours; the guilt was misplaced; on page 21
is darkness and numbness and guilt, sympathetic tae apathy's cau on page 92

3 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
A wave o guilt rushes over me. Fur all ah'm on page 88

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
nd droonin the ratton wad gie guilt tae masel an wad dae the ratt on page 83

1 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
maun admit his singil-haundit guilt for the editorial chyces in t on page 4

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Nae conscience guilt wi' that in mind on page 41

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"That proves heis guilt, o course," said th Queen: "s on page 118

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
abuin us? or wis it a sense o guilt on page 191

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
stottin alang neath lifelang guilt, on page 84

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"Thon proves haes guilt, o coorse," said the Queen: " on page 119

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
atters, but Maisie knowed the guilt that Leonard felt whan his fa on page 7

1 matches

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