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The word 'misery'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
miseryOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus103219
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 27.1 5 3
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 4
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) 88.3 1 1
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 misery 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
Dis thoo mind whit a misery-guts I wis? I forgot the wey on page 63

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
etty, Abune the Hill - Mount Misery on page 11

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
hully cence wi gat shot o aul misery guts." on page 19

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ickname aat'd made his life a misery, follain him aa throwe the sk on page 35

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
on his throat an teen awa his misery. He shook his heed an wiped h
laist lang afore the twist o misery landed in her guts eence mair
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
™s better pittin it oot o its misery noo! Imagine gyan throwe life
1 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Tales Fae The Doric Side - Bullied, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
My life is a misery on page 55

1 matches

Bundy Broch The Doric Min, (YouTube 2020) Doric - Brouch, poetry
home ec teacher by the name o misery
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ntain and his braith reeked o misery and daith. His fufty heids fi on page 53

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
t's built oan a foundation ae misery. But, well, yae cannae blame on page 28
his ain lethal dose ae misery intae ma awready shitty exist on page 63
ork and pensions ain taste ae misery is alweys delivered in the sa on page 116
hat sentence these agent's ae misery hud passed doon oan me. on page 118
ae meet his very ain agent ae misery and it turned oot tae be this on page 120

5 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ma) who made ma gran's life a misery when he wis alive, it widda b on page 169

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
o the snp but the relentless misery o the attacks fae the mainstr on page 104

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
But thae four stoops o misery, on page 114

1 matches

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
‘Come oan! Dinnae be such a misery guts,’ she said, grabbin hi
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
The Hatter, in total misery, droapped his teacup an breid on page 111

1 matches

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ce in it bein God's will. Yer misery is whit he wants. Shite ah'm on page 10

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
yer precious last few year a misery? on page 4

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
a by-product ay the cycle ay misery perpetuated by junk an played
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
in it bein God’s will. Yer misery is whit he wants. Shite ah’
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ot its wretched cargo o human misery.' on page 31
her craig an pit her oot her misery. Scattert about were sodgers' on page 53

2 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
free. The life o an animal is misery and thirldom: this we aw ken. on page 6

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'd finally been put oot o his misery. on page 43

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Dinna pile on the misery. on page 21
I gaup in misery, an weep, an spleuter, on page 23

2 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
gateshop Ah'll pit ye oot yet misery! ?? https://t.co/rSw0oLtRVX (2019) twitter link

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Pain an misery in thy stack, on page 21

1 matches

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