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arsehole Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.2 8.1 4.5 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2016 3 0 0 1 0
Number of authors14 10 3 1

Occurrences of arsehole 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.

Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
er realised they were such an arsehole in the first place. Ah mean, on page 25
'Where's the fuckin phone, arsehole, ah say. Dolly hides behind m on page 27

2 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
t where It should be? Fucking arsehole, idiot, numpty, fucking tube, on page 3

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
nuttin but a lyin, gibberin, arsehole. But like ah've said fae day on page 55

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
g Tae, 'Thenk God it's no his arsehole!' on page 43
he's great! Ithers ca him an arsehole. on page 110

2 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
nuttin but a lyin, gibberin, arsehole. But like ah’ve said fae da
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
gawpin in at us, this bloody arsehole, his greasy foreheid smearin
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
uisite ay bein a condescendin arsehole. Must try harder.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
in but a fuckin liberty takin arsehole.’ ah sais, ready tae fly fu
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
g. The man has always been an arsehole.”
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
obably, the maist intelligent arsehole, she’d ever met!” A maun
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
er6 Naw I'm not trending that arsehole.(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ings Trump, yer definitely an arsehole(2020) search twitter
ck @tartanroots Looks like an arsehole wae dentures(2020) search twitter

@changed_days tweeted
tly widny even say av been an arsehole either, just gave back whit a (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
erience. Wi're aa born wi one arsehole - fa needs anither een?" on page 75

1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
mell o danger! Get a grip, ye arsehole. Feart o a wee yappin Scottie
1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
es short o a bag fae. What an arsehole.(2019) search twitter

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
entry! Bend over and kiss yer arsehole guidbye...(2020) search twitter