A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

insult Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.3 7.6 7.5 0 0 41.3 13.3
Number of occurrences2715 5 0 0 4 3
Number of authors22 13 3 4 2

Occurrences of insult 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

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
An insult tae God! Tae kirk an country! on page 15

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an dinna insult me on page 75

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Charlene's new best insult if yi annoy her is fur her ta on page 94

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
Klaus peyed nae heed tae the insult and opened the book tae whaur on page 96

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
In plate armour tae add insult on page 49

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Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ce atween a siege royal an an insult, the haill dirlin drama o Kin on page 127

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
ly singelt oot for this kinna insult.
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
cratur is the foond o mony an insult alang the lines o ‘Fowmart,
1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
e of porridge n a meaningless insult among many. Seems that’ll c
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
at wis the en, the calculatit insult that kests a backwart shadda
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@raiphsays tweeted
aboot wae Jim murfy. It wis a insult tae aw Glesga folk who hudnae(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
pals here, when they want tae insult me (as they aften dae) call m (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
iot shaming the snp - and an insult of a football fan! (2021) twitter link
ith out fans is a joke and an insult to all the people who work so (2020) twitter link
a look at yersels - and dont insult fans - who r these people lo (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"At wid bi an insult te'r dug," said Ronnie, stair on page 57

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
rkened as she ignored Sandy's insult an extractit a foreign body f on page 32
ck te tryin nae te oot-an-oot insult per...aat's somethin ye div s on page 57

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
gettan up an walkan awy. "Ee insult me by talkan such nonsense!" on page 29

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@cligeey tweeted
Alex piggin Rae what an insult(2020) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
An insult now, some tree's ta'en root on page 22

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ttin up an saunterin awa. "Ee insult iz b' talkin sic nonsense!" on page 30

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Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
s ti yoke on its identitie an insult its haill faimilie backgrund.
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@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
umane who can sign. add their insult tae me, ma respond is twa fin (2021) twitter link

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
itting up an waakin awa. "Yae insult mae wi yer santerin!" on page 31

1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
ery-nebbit aul gomeral wi tha insult generator. Gin ye see him abo (2015) twitter link
ick's quare guid #UlsterScots Insult Generator. https://t.co/5bQOm (2016) twitter link

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