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The word 'horrid'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
horridOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.896
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 2
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 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 horrid in Corpus

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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

(South) East 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

South East (Borders)

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