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Use in varieties of Scots

pathetic Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.9 13.6 3 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2927 2 0 0 0 0
Number of authors15 13 2

Occurrences of pathetic in Corpus

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Central

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
empts tae continue teachin in pathetic futility. on page 2
e ye." Aonghas musta seen the pathetic longin in ma eyes. They play on page 3

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
okin absolutely shattered and pathetic "It wis the great white" on page 179
s very ain Tony Soprano. It's pathetic, likes. He's a gid few year a on page 183

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
Labour Pairty (in England) is pathetic. The policy o showin competen on page 9
u, there hid awready been the pathetic seetuation o there bein twa E on page 43
ally bereft, self-deracinated pathetic bunch o wee hingers-on that s on page 64
le doot that amang some o the pathetic hacks that constitute sica pr on page 81
e been turnin theirsels intae pathetic imitations o the suddron aris on page 83
Also on pages 137
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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
eens were broken-hairtit. The pathetic cratur in front o them began on page 90

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
. New Clydeview Cemetery is a pathetic excuse fur a cemetery. It isn on page 51
ages, diced carrots and three pathetic wee roast totties. on page 84

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Goodbrand Saunders, Donald Lallans 67 - Twa Owresettins frae Heine, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Dear God! How pathetic this on page 55

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Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
is a kinna hame-gaun tho in a pathetic mainer sum. on page 21

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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
her side for ah hink it’s a pathetic fallout fae both of them. Tha
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
l!’ ah sais, recognisin the pathetic nature ay the statement.
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
As much as ah recognise the pathetic nature ay his joy - that his
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e engineer saw him leukin. “Pathetic, intit?” he sayed. “No wh
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McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
sin triumph o the Tories, the pathetic failure o Labour an the fentl
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
he fridge before littin oot a pathetic, tired yawn. At this point ah
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@Chazzbat tweeted
ven bother wi this storyline? Pathetic. #Corrie(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
same tweet. Cummings says so. Pathetic(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e managed approach is getting pathetic imo! (2020) twitter link
- a actually cringed at her pathetic explanation - she is defo no (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
e.” Abbie’s vyce wis affa pathetic. “He winna touch you, but h
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
reid – I didna realise hoo pathetic I’d soond.
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