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Use in varieties of Scots

hilarious Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.6 4.6 6 19.9 5.8 20.7 0
Number of occurrences189 4 2 1 2 0
Number of authors15 9 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of hilarious 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

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
nae even aye wark. It wuid be hilarious gin it werenae sae gut-wrench on page 120

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
cookery an he thinks this is hilarious. Ah huv tae sit next tae him on page 85

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
nar cynical, witty an bawdily hilarious satires. The First Buik o Sat on page 101

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
r Buddha Da that A fund baith hilarious an affa touchin. A'v aye love on page 58

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ordy o ony clessic farce. The hilarious slaw motion reunitin at the h
1 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
Iain Crichton Smith? They are hilarious in their portrayal of Highlan(2019) search twitter

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
whit yer referring tae anaw. Hilarious ??(2019) search twitter

@MizLiot tweeted
Hilarious - the ‘women won’t wheesht (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@DicaculusManiac its hilarious but in this case - not unexp (2020) twitter link

Doric

Johnston, Shaun The Forkie Gollach, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
up an doon. We thocht it wis hilarious.
dirt. Ma freens thocht it wis hilarious! I wid niver live this doon!
2 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@_aidanflynn Feckin hilarious ??????(2018) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
aps aw looking efter me...wis hilarious...pelted feck oot them...grea (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
here are occasional flashes o hilarious rudeness, bizarre surrealism, on page 1

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
language is rich, expressive, hilarious, humane, profound, and gallus
1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
fae Uyeasound Up Helly Aa is hilarious ?? It made me greet ??DJ Char(2018) search twitter

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
otPaul @TMacailpein @molach95 Hilarious, that’s whit ahm quite unsur(2020) search twitter
hydeaffc Aye but it looked as hilarious!(2020) search twitter