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Use in varieties of Scots

ridiculous Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.9 9.6 13.5 9.9 0 20.7 4.4
Number of occurrences3219 9 1 0 2 1
Number of authors19 12 3 1 2 1

Occurrences of ridiculous in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
t,' Dolly laughs. 'No, that's ridiculous. Huey wouldn't steal someone' on page 20

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
s soon as possible. It wid be ridiculous tae leave a wean like that in on page 76

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
n an it jist looked pure mega ridiculous. on page 95
then Gran, ah said. Don't be ridiculous, she said, takin a pure beame on page 169

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
derestimate ma family and the ridiculous standards they hold me tae. on page 13
y's standards, hur ashtray is ridiculous - butts are piled upon butts on page 35

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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
or n exploded further intae a ridiculous fury.
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McFarlane, Ishbel Does Scotland compare weil wi ither places fir wee bairnies?, (The National 2019) Central, newspaper
o preparation fir the frankly ridiculous actívity o labour, but whan
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s alive somewhere ... This is ridiculous. Whatever you’ve done, undo
ted wild strawberries. It was ridiculous - they’re so underproducti
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Coyne, Hilary The giant’s wife – or Ailsa the irked, (hilarycoyne.com/ 2021) Central, prose
Whit a ridiculous stramash! Two big eejits wavi
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@alistairdunn tweeted
@booboomcculloch it's ridiculous, you've got tae be 28 before (2014) search twitter

@iainnicol tweeted
to get over an 'ach, dinna be ridiculous' hurdle!(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
ody wis awfy interestin. It's ridiculous thit immigrants tae the USA h(2020) search twitter
s Cameron storyline is gettin ridiculous. #HolbyCity(2020) search twitter
@POPSUGAR Bloody ridiculous airticle. The scriever shud b(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ffs lol - ur guidelines are ridiculous - speaking to people like th (2020) twitter link
ry is on its knees due to the ridiculous measures imposed by the snp - (2021) twitter link

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ce," sade e Moosie: "no in at ridiculous fashion." An he got up awful on page 108

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@72redz1903 tweeted
smart The maist infantile and ridiculous point tae make aboot a questi (2022) twitter link
fc Knee jerk tae Doncaster’s ridiculous statement? (2022) twitter link
ffair - fact is it’s been a ridiculous move but if we recoup the cas (2020) twitter link
club was way above his value, ridiculous deal. Just bored (2020) twitter link
urpose in mind, tae provoke a ridiculous pile on fae the likes o you. (2020) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

@cligeey tweeted
@Kennyaberdeen Ats ridiculous(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Tae thee, or no tae thee?, (Brisk Northerly 2020) Orkney, blog
So, is it ridiculous for someone who hasna really
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Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Ye looked ridiculous, but ach whae cares on page 14

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Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
said th Dormoose: "no in that ridiculous wei." An hei got up in a huff on page 111

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Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
d the Dorrmoose: "naw in that ridiculous fashion." An hae got up gye s on page 112

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