A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of hardly in Corpus

Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
She could hardly thole tae hear whit wis comin on page 10

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Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
fair guid advice (though she hardly ever follit it), an sometimes on page 14
ons in here? Ah mean, there's hardly enough room fir you, never mi on page 36
l," thought Alice), "Well, ah hardly know masel-Na, that's enough on page 39
Hardly knowin whit she wis daein, sh on page 41
close tae her fit, there wis hardly enough room tae open her moot on page 51
Also on pages 52, 59, 60, 71, 83, 102, 109, 110
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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
NNNNG!' he goes again. Ah cin hardly keep a straight face. on page 14

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
'They're hardly a gang, it's the boys he's gr on page 54

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
n that totie wee hous, an hae hardly ony toys tac play wi, an och, on page 19
ssons in here? Jings, there's hardly ony room for you, faur less y on page 35
ill, thocht Alison,) "Weel, I hardly ken-nae mair thenk ye; I'm be on page 38
Hardly kennin whit she did, she pick on page 40
er blate wi her repone. "I-TI hardly ken, sir, the nouat least I k on page 42
Also on pages 44
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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
s like a mither hen, an she's hardly likely tae get faur eneuch oo on page 73

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ry song, strummy strummy. I'm hardly here. I edge in at the second on page 3

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
But ah'm fifteen, and it's hardly rebellion by the standards o on page 7

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
al priority. Either choice is hardly a substitute fur intellectual on page 16
ou really hink aboot it. It's hardly ma fault, is it? And neither on page 60
him and if ah'm honest ah kin hardly blame her. Mean, his ain psyc on page 69
It wis hardly Prime Minister's Question Tim on page 131

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
me, it's quite dark an ah cin hardly see it. Ah manage tae hit it on page 174

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
that thi hid hardly on page 40

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
citus's 'Agricola'. Tho it is hardly mair nor Roman propaganda - on page 13
ee days, warkin an sleepin wi hardly time tae eat, jist like the on page 48
es or thereaboots but ye wuid hardly ken. She wis built for hard w on page 56
wis only aroun five shillins, hardly a lot o money. They were hard on page 105
rther then than nou, this wis hardly the wey tae mak their fortune on page 106

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t's comin up fur Christmas an hardly any ae the teachers are giein on page 34
tet an the pair ae them could hardly walk in a straight line. Whit on page 36
ousin Emma, an ah feel lik ah hardly even know them cause they liv on page 56
's pure pants cause ah've got hardly any space tae pit up posters: on page 77
er kegs even though she's got hardly any hair tae shave cause it's on page 94
Also on pages 115, 126, 138, 143, 146, 147, 169
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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
s,' he scoffs. 'Gosh. You can hardly make sense of this. At least on page 40

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
shreds. Look, Jessie, there's hardly a mark oan it. on page 59
fergot tae invite ony men, so hardly onybody wis dancin. Cinderell on page 83

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Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
and I can hardly on page 9

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'Hardly a reason tae call the police, on page 46
lies through hur teeth. She's hardly innocent, You huv no idea the on page 61

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
n starving; jings, they could hardly talk ony French, hoo the coul on page 47

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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
A’ve hud aff a dug, it’ll hardly bi the last, but still…
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
the road aariddy, and it wid hardly maitter if there wisnae: ther
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
It feels lik hardly an hour later when the alarum
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
es back - sae stiff A got, A hardly could sit doon.
A'd hardly settled tae ma work
we hardly noo can raise a sang;
Ah doot ye'd hardly get a taste.
A midge that ye can hardly see.
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Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
hat wis us. That auld bed wis hardly big enough fur the twa o' us
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Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Hardly in keeping wae Tindal’s vis
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
nning to end; an really I can hardly blame ye for making the maist
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
in conversation, and ma daddy hardly noticed ah wis there tae ah p
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Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
tree he wis restin unner gied hardly onie shelter frae the bakin A
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Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
uring the actual trial he wis hardly gien the sniff o a pass. Acco
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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
like forgettin oor past) – hardly mentioned literature, never m
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Pennie, Len Toast Tae The Daft Days, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
t lads, lang syne no see it's hardly been a year
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grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
—Mark? He sais quietly. Si hardly ever calls us by oar first na
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Lochhead, Liz Ashet, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
wi hardly a scrap o rid or black pent l
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Coyne, Hilary The giant’s wife – or Ailsa the irked, (hilarycoyne.com/ 2021) Central, prose
s’, ‘Finn McCool that’. Hardly a mention of her who put it a
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Smith, George Electrical Love, (Thi-Wurd 2013) Central, prose
dark – wae low ceilin’s n hardly any room. Too early for a caf
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
e he might take ae the place. Hardly worth boastin tae yur pals ab
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@OliphantWullie tweeted
d champions fae 1970. A could hardly eat ma wurst or drink ma bier (2022) twitter link

@DABArbuckle tweeted
t, when ah hear ye speakin ah hardly ken a thing yer oan aboot.(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
any tbh ??, and as for AS, he hardly knows me, so my "droppin in" (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
henKerr Mair Tory pi** you're hardly a qualified Economist... noo (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
annae believe big andy caroll hardly gets ony gametime mind you (2021) twitter link
tree - amazing scenes - can hardly contain masel here lol (2020) twitter link
hardly the right attitude imo for su (2020) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
Fan Sandy jined us he could hardly spik for laachin. on page 59

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
The words were hardly oot the skipper's moo fan the on page 41

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Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Her mither nivir hardly gaed onywye in fact. She clea on page 14
ight sweetheart', though he'd hardly the puff to spik. on page 19

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Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Ellen wisna wi them. I could hardly breathe by noo. In aa the pan on page 60

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
you gan aboot sic a track Wi hardly a daicent cloot till yer back on page 15

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Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
on thi deck's, Wer boatie wis hardly afloat, Ye cood really feel t on page 20
oot ten fit o eis, an we cood hardly hing on fur aw thi turbulinse on page 48

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Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
's splits the skin so's I can hardly on page 10

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Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
Yer belt noo hardly guan roon yer breeks Wi a yon on page 14

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Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
e paper wi the photo! I could hardly believe sic a thing o ye. I'v on page 94

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e weeks it was so bad we were hardly communicating at all." on page 76

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Ye can hardly see twaa fit in front a ye on page 17
Wi hardly a communion wafer on page 33
hardly haud its share o happiness. on page 51

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Been awa sae lang I hardly kent i'place on page 153

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
till be two foulk! Why, air's hardly enough o me left till make wa on page 14
n lessons in here? Why, air's hardly room for ee, an no room at al on page 34
ll," thoucht Alice,) "Weel, A hardly ken-No more, thank ye; A'm be on page 37
Hardly knowan what she did, she pick on page 39
e replied, rether shyly, "A-A hardly ken, Sir, joost ee nooat leas on page 41
Also on pages 47, 49, 57, 69, 81, 100, 107
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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
ie's vyce was aat saft, A cud hardly hear fat he was sayin. on page 90

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
there afore him. Abbie could hardly spik. “Ah’m sorry, Daddy,
ips went aboot like a shadda, hardly gien ye the time o day.
Of course, we hardly expectit that Abbie would get
ed bi sic an emotion Ah could hardly get a word oot. “Here,” A
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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
gus Munro, an efter that they hardly gied us the time o day. Ay, A
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Wheeler, Leslie Brockit, the Ferm Toon Cat, (Grampian Regional Council 2000) Doric, weans
They wir hardly able tae see, but the strippi
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
. Fit wis wrang? Weel he cood hardly mak oot fit the mannie fa wis
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
er, till whyles Matthew Bruce hardly sleepit in his bed ava, sae f
her sleep. Sure eneuch she'd hardly sleepit a wink fur thinkin on
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Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
naebiddy hid heard o that – hardly bit ane or twa single-parent
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Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
muckle different folk. Ye can hardly tak it aa in. Ye’r happy ji
wifie withoot a heid. Ye can hardly believe that! Yer auntie pays
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Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
A’ the big fowk could hardly hear themselves chat.
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Dunnett, Nathan The Auld Asylum, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
ts. We were drookit an wi hid hardly gone ony wy at a. A started t
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Innes, Michelle Macduff, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
Hardly naebody is fae Macduff
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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
the miles atween hardly maitter.
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
nything she could think o. He hardly even kent she wiz there an fi
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
odd cut o the greenie she’d hardly been near it ava. Her poor mi
him and his mates. She could hardly get intae her gairden ava noo
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Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ed oot o the cab an there wiz hardly a breath o ween. Ower the nex
like a trip haimmer. I could hardly speak but I managed tae compo
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Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ame. It wiz much later noo an hardly a licht showed as she passed
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Lawrie, Alistair Caw, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric - Stonehaven, prose
y. Onywey the pair o them are hardly aff their cuddies afore they�
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Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2022) Doric - Aberdeen
It's hardly the same, bit fit we need

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
It's hardly the same, bit fit we need
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@72redz1903 tweeted
@FinHall Ye can hardly blame the fitba players for t (2020) twitter link

@glenlivetloon tweeted
ing about the FM. Christ I've hardly time to do one tweet a day! T(2020) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ve nivver tried yon eens, I'm hardly ivver sooth o e' Chain Brig. (2020) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
him...ah wis innocent..hahaha hardly...we mostly met up in Cranhil (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
hardly room tae move. on page 111

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@peediepuss tweeted
rder Nice and slack the morn. Hardly a breath so it should be a go (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Hit wis dat foo dat dey cood hardly hadd on tae it. So dey shoute on page 87
ey left him lyin i da rodd no hardly livin. on page 115
things happened dat you cood hardly believe. Dem dat hed feth wir on page 158

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Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
o thunderbolts. Whit I wis I hardly mind mysel. Dunna axe me. Lae on page 26

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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
be a postmortem, fur shü wis hardly been tae a doctor in her life on page 5
Janet hardly sleepit dat night eddir, bit on page 26
third mairrage fur a lass du hardly kens!" on page 40
erried on "Fur years shü wis hardly ever sober, and shü's been o on page 44
da burgundy suit and da hat I hardly recognized da peerie wizzened on page 45
Also on pages 49, 58, 72
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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
hardly. Du's lik him, specially i dy on page 85

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Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
ir gaer. Hoosomivver, we were hardly taen up wir dhan, an started
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Watt, Valerie A faersome feerie, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
s as caald as can be. I could hardly lift my head, I wis done. Mee
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De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
u's as fat as a tystie! I can hardly get dee in.' An wi dat Smooti
u're unpackit. Da cattery 'll hardly be opened yet.'
2 matches

Southern

@jamie_ginger tweeted
1 what oors u wirking now.yir hardly ever there #lazybastard(2012) search twitter

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Tha heat be hardly felt atal, on page 38

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
elf ower it Faither, fur it's hardly gaein tae matter, on page 8
Ye'd hardly ken that thon wee burd, cud f on page 46

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BardOfMilebush Untitled poem, (Reddit 2017) Ulster, poetry
y say "och away on wi ye! Yer hardly Tam O Shanter!" "I'm no," say
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Gibson, Darren Cannae Thole Ye!, (lowcountrylad.blogspot.com/ 2014) Ulster - Ards, blog
hat’s sae crabbit, shae cud hardly thole hersel. An then thur’
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@MarkThompStuff tweeted
ane". And "thae" for those is hardly ever used nowadays. I also wr(2020) search twitter