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The word 'fucking'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fuckingOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.54419
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.7 5 2
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 75.1 12 2
GLA - Glasgow 36.4 8 5
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.6 11 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 2
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 fucking in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

@JamesAmcvean tweeted
land as long as ye dinna vote fucking Tory (2021) twitter link

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
Fucking dick. on page 21

1 matches

(South) East Central

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
stop you fae standing back 2 fucking meters. His face ????(2020)
en telling us that weÂ’re too fucking stupid tae run our country be(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
o dinnae take the piss - its fucking maradona btw (2020) twitter link
wont - n dont u disrespect a fucking icon oh fitbaw - ffs lol (2020) twitter link
he cemetry fir a visit - how fucking shockin is that btw - get up (2020) twitter link

West Central

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
doon the river – an’ sing fucking Floor o’ Scotlan’.
wricht. That’s scrieve, ya fucking ignorant bampot they micht sh
2 matches

@MizLiot tweeted
n their ain language is a bit fucking stupid of him, and mebbe he c (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
en chattin the maste vapid of fucking sentiments, he’d landed him
but nae difference he’d aye fucking giggle an look right proud. E
explain here. Thelonious is a fucking ferret, n he’s bonkers. Ahâ
‘Fucking whalloper’, Nichols laughed
‘Whit? Yer fucking barmy ye incredulous twat’,
11 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
’m no paying attention to a fucking Sean Connery movie ah’v see
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
te, 'then I WOULDN'T STILL BE FUCKING LOOKING FOR IT? An away she g on page 17

1 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
chen. "Wit's happened tae the fucking beans?' A ran doon fast as a on page 41

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
not! Because I am such a good fucking counsellor!!! on page 9

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
fferable drivel. The phrase, "Fucking lecherous on page 3

3 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
man. It was fuckin rank, Ah'd fucking wriggle aboot in the front se on page 76

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
n, the swing, the Park in the fucking Dark. An Derek.
1 matches

General Central

@IshbelMcF tweeted
ere win-, here win-, here win-fucking-dowÂ’, a piece of banterous w(2019)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
@Alan_Cochrane ONE WEEKEND . FUCKING BELLEND. Held hostage? Fuckin(2020)
obertMiggins LOOKS absolutely fucking majic by the way(2020)

@rattlecans tweeted
hip the ever so civilised 6ft fucking deaconess aroon the couch and (2022) twitter link
e poor, especially if they're fucking paid tae dae it (2022) twitter link
ebby weans wid needs YEARS of fucking therapy if we even get as muc (2022) twitter link
AND WHEN I'VE NO TAE.. YA BAD FUCKING IGNORANT CAHUNT" (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
in is pish at #fifa13. What a fucking leason o hev gav him the nigh(2012)

@officialAliRed tweeted
Whit ye gonnae dae? Shoot the fucking virus? ??????? https://t.co/x(2020)

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
yer a fucking mythical beast on page 78

1 matches

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