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The word 'pest'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pestOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.82518
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.4 7 6
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 pest 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
heu disna tell thee thoo're a pest? on page 6
en deployed tae rid her o the pest. on page 57

2 matches

Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
on here. But yis, da big sex pest tangerine is oot an thank Chr(2021)
rect hates me as weel! Such a pest. I'm blyde du enjoys it thoug(2021)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the hairt, honesty's aye the pest policy." on page 51

1 matches

Aberdeen

The Flying Pigs Use of the common good fund for slap-up feed merely follows in grand old tradition, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
Mind you, she said it was a pest fan ye hid tae ask for a key
1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
wp an hallucination in time o pest whae nou an whaur are the see on page 3

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
k in the jar, he thocht fit a pest o a
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Aye jist richt for yon pest the midge.
It's a aff affa pest yon midge
2 matches

(South) East Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 82 - Ae Legend o Sanct Benedict, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
e did in troth and the muckle pest on page 52

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Thae squirrels, are they no a pest?
1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
a sare thumb, Av got the sex pest, whos gonny get us stopped fa
1 matches

West Central

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
An A sweir A willnae pest ye agane.
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
hou they had gotten thru the pest an the famine. An whit were t on page 97
f them thru aw the time o the pest an eftir! on page 98

2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
You ken you’ve been a pest, but if now you dae your best
1 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Wi the pest on ma braith, scaitterin wide on page 7

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ots dealt wi the affcome. The pest wis first brocht tae Scotland on page 110

2 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
guest - ach, questions are a pest. on page 72

1 matches

Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
it's no frae Age or Pest Man dees - on page 54

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
wur: alagrugous weather, the pest, fushionless government, rele on page 126

1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
eandtea Are ye going tae need pest control out? Fking nightmare (2020)

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
y. whacked it oot and ordered Pest Control tae find oot hoo it g(2020)