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Use in varieties of Scots

nasty Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.9 12.1 6 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2924 4 1 0 0 0
Number of authors18 13 4 1

Occurrences of nasty 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

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
cunts drank bottles ae pound nasty, pure gut-rot dry cider that on page 12
Six plastic bottles ae pound nasty rollin oot. Next tae the lane on page 15

2 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
l her. Am ah really bein that nasty? Ah could tell ye suhin actua on page 12
yourself just described it as nasty. I realise you have this toug on page 13

3 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
is batterin her again. He's a nasty piece ae work. Could you go u on page 145

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an turn nasty, on page 94

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ever bully her or say anythin nasty then Wully McCoy an Laura McN on page 76
upset an thinkin aboot aw the nasty stuff she's been sayin recent on page 101
d Charlene. She didnae say it nasty though fur wance but Harpreet on page 106
eath an even though he wis an nasty aul bastart (so says ma ma) w on page 169

5 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Tae tak yon nasty taste awa. on page 90

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - Three Waddins and Fowr Funerals - a monologue, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
A nasty shock? Ye may weel say that! on page 59

1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
Number three wis definitely a nasty piece o work and deserved tae
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
usty railings is tapped wae a nasty-looking spike. Ah’m sure ye
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
rusty railins is tapped wae a nasty-lookin spike, okay?
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
here. Even wae that ah hud a nasty incident in the toilet nixt t
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
ome of it valid but some real nasty bastards tae.(2020) search twitter

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
@AnneSutGB Nasty wee woman.(2018) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
ller didnae believe me an got nasty really quick.(2020) search twitter
Todd's aye bin nasty. How quick ye forget, Billy. (2020) search twitter
lad tae hear it. Toothache is nasty.(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
Down with Scotland and those nasty Separatists".(2021) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
They're nasty things bit cwid be waur on page 15

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Wur family always hated cats: nasty, low, vulgar things! Dinna li on page 21

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
tae loup oot an div something nasty!(2014) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
I'm nae being nasty, it's nae no coz i dinna wint(2011) search twitter

Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
@orkneyrd Nasty piece o work he is (2020) twitter link