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The word 'hurts'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hurtsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.21715
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 10.6 8 6
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)
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 hurts in Corpus

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General Northern

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
ects wid be ‘no’... my heid hurts ??(2020)

(South) East Central

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
but they dinna spik it. That hurts me and worries me. In my ain
1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
It hurts ower much tae care aboot a hi
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
sinatra m8 - ffs love really hurts wae oot u - mone the bell lo (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Playin’ whaur it really hurts, he took the scars an’ pain
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
aggle. “There wisna a lot o hurts in the bouk.”
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
er, poker, elbower. It fuckin hurts. Iona faffs sieepily wi her g on page 3

1 matches

Ayrshire

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
st be like for ye noo - that hurts me.
1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
this boy an the girl that he hurts, on page 32
I'm sorry that it hurts yer heart tae inflict so much on page 48

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
The next contraction hurts like hell. It's time tae push on page xix
it. Ah need tae pee so bad it hurts, but until she's finished hur on page 84

2 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Bothwell: Hurts ye? Hairms ye? on page 35

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
only the dread of tears that hurts. Mr Pirrie distends on a loze
1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
They all laugh. It hurts, him saying that in front o h
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
me. Ma face is swollen an it hurts like buggery. Ah've bin necki(2020)

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Aye Ah growe aulder an it hurts me ti see thaim.
1 matches

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