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The word 'hopeless'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hopelessOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.71211
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 hopeless in Corpus

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
walk rather than enraged and hopeless aboot human behaviour. Anyone(2020)

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
but till get through wis more hopeless than ever: she sat doon an st on page 16

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
some miserable buildin site. Hopeless endeavours tae ensure that fo on page 86

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Haudin mysel thegither's hopeless. on page 12

1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@19Mcculley Yir hopeless ??(2020)

West Central

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
ere close tae gein up. It wis hopeless. Emma wis acting unusual, in
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
bit tae git through wis mair hopeless than ever: she sat doon an st on page 17

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
e; but tae get throu wis mair hopeless than ever: she sat doun an st on page 16

1 matches

General Central

@bigandymccoll tweeted
r her approval. Them, and the hopeless diddies that she deliberately (2022) twitter link
hich is what twatter is) is a hopeless way to (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ey: but tae get thro was mair hopeless than e'er: she set doon an st on page 16

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
but tae git through wus mair hopeless than iver. She sut doon an tu on page 17

1 matches

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