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The word 'bastarts'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bastartsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.4249
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 25 4 2
GLA - Glasgow 54.6 12 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bastarts in Corpus

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North East Central

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
watter meant for their gress. Bastarts.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
er's Screwdriver' - stuck up bastarts! Onywey, some bugger's haed t on page 96

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
llie said, 'The day ony o you bastarts ainly tak ten meinits for yer on page 59

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
, ah said. Thir right bigotet bastarts, he said. Aye but ah don't kn on page 68

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
focht his case, ah hope they bastarts choke, on page 68

1 matches

Edinburgh

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
e get landit wi argumentative bastarts. on page 136

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
oo attend tae the twistit aal bastarts,” advised Raggle.
“The bastarts herdit thaim intil a mine an
uist ill luck that some o the bastarts wis aareadies in a poseetion
3 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
thay're fykie wee bastarts on page 41

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e let him doon. ‘Fuckin mad bastarts. Watch whit yies ur dain.’
the rest ay they bead rattlin bastarts that just came by here, int y
fuckin bootin an elbowin the bastarts tryin tae keep them at bay as
3 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Get it up yies, fuckin Orange bastarts! Tiocfaidh ár lá!’ McDade
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ahent the door. ‘Right yous bastarts! Awaiy an get tae fuck! Ah’
est years ay yer life tae the bastarts an they hound ye like a commo
2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
experience, ‘. . .there’s bastarts oot there awright, but ye can
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e aforementioned ignorant wee bastarts is oan ma seat when ah get ta
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ma tail between ma legs. The bastarts oan this street never hud a g
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Aw while directin two useless bastarts that ur wrestlin wae a three-
ey sycophantic laughs crawlin bastarts like tae dae tae ingratiate t
2 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
"Yi leein bastarts!' cryit the giant, 'yi whurem on page 14

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ntae a race wi the other deid bastarts tae see who kin reach the mot on page 52
be hingin oot wi other borin bastarts hur age. No pensioners. They on page 79

2 matches

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