A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

idiot Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.6 10.6 9 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2821 6 0 0 1 0
Number of authors17 12 4 1

Occurrences of idiot in Corpus

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Central

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

3 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
i sword fur Christmas. Fuckin idiot. on page 176

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
He wis an alky an she wis an idiot, said ma da. They had young B on page 61
mmy Campbell wis actin lik an idiot as usual an sayin he could pu on page 94
uy (even if he is a hi; ae an idiot), an she wis a horror. She ha on page 126
e infirmary. He always wis an idiot fae day wan, said ma maa. Aye on page 169

4 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
me comes, she'll look like an idiot cryin over Bettie when she's on page 80

1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
tions o the wirds creature an idiot is ascrived tae Hiberno-Ingli
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ready tae fly fur the fuckin idiot.
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
‘Idiot,’ said Ailsa’s mither unn
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“Idiot,” she sayed. She touslet hi
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
t awthegither an indisputable idiot. His pawrents haena the comfo
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
Espece d'idiot.
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
third time a wis the village idiot. An outcast. That ‘dirty we
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
0 @GeorgeFoulkes @BBCScotland Idiot's dinnae realise the tories h(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ort ps you are right he is an idiot after all the support ive giv (2020) twitter link
@EdinburghLive_ who is the idiot from edinburgh live who put t (2020) twitter link
tement says it all - another idiot shaming the snp - and an ins (2021) twitter link
w anyone can vote snp with an idiot like him in the party is beyo (2021) twitter link

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
desperate lek: "he's joost an idiot!" An she opened e door an wen on page 55
"Idiot!" sade e Queen, tossan her he on page 76

2 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
the man’s a either a fuckin idiot, or, there’s a sinister mast (2020) twitter link

@daleser23 tweeted
e summer but knocked it back. Idiot(2013) search twitter
the exact opposite o fit that idiot says(2013) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
he is coming or gan. Fit this idiot needs is a night oot with cro(2020) search twitter

Southern

@cammyrudkin tweeted
Reilly6 aye eer jist an erse #idiot(2012) search twitter