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Use in varieties of Scots

smash Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 10.8 3 0 5.8 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences2721 2 0 1 1 2
Number of authors20 15 2 1 1 2

Occurrences of smash 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

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
tae happen. Ah make a fist an smash it intae mah palm. Disco cloc on page 26
e afore, we cin dae it again. Smash a windae? Naw, too obvious, c on page 30

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
sake and the Toi wans n we'll smash them aw?' . on page 9
'Ma big brur wid smash you if he heard you sayin tha on page 11
and by some miracle, doesnae smash. It bounces, slow: motion, on on page 14
dy or their mad cousin gonnae smash yi or stab yi fur suhin or nu on page 30
'Fuckin smash 'um, Si' on page 42

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
all masks, all false, left to smash At the foot of those grassy s on page 64

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ddenly ah've goat an urge tae smash this cunt aboot the buildin. on page 146

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
smash the door in, dugs barkin, pan on page 115

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
She'd smash the cups when she was angry A on page 31

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
Trev an his faither wad bi in smash. On the ither hand droonin th on page 83

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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
And as the muckle stane smash't doun on Acis on page 98

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Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
shair that a gleg push wadnae smash her waik body an aa? She wars
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
The Gorbals Story wis a smash hit and brocht in fower thoos
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Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
oot, the wave on which we can smash throu the wainscots o oor pai
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Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
esman gets in there first tae smash it. Sílence isnae calm, but
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Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
hole tae the tap o the kist, smash in the wid an bung a noose ab
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Briggs, Susi Diva, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central - Dumfries and Galloway, poetry
We smash the patriarchy yin wee bit at
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Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
(smash!)
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@Cobradile94 tweeted
A howp iverb'dy haes a smash Obaida day! https://t.co/DtG0(2019) search twitter

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
Billie: Ah'm gawn tae smash that Count's coffin. on page 40

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Brian's Ma hid deed in a caur smash efter he'd bin born. His Da,
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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"In 1880! Just laek dat aafil Smash I used ta aet in my student d on page 77

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Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
An smash oor empty bottles oan the gru on page 209

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Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Fur ye'll smash it completely tae chaff" on page 8

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Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
Wi a smash an a tear
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