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The word 'mud'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
mudOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.73829
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 4
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 15.2 6 4
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 2
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.6 11 7
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 28.1 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of mud in Corpus

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Orkney

Hollinrake, Fran Flett Assipattle and the Mester Stoorworm, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Wi smok and bilin mud, it seems this is hoo Iceland
1 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
children will be “covered in mud” during the summer holidays!(2017)

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
Christ, we’d hae mowed in mud,
1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Tales Fae The Doric Side - Kelpie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
wi mud his claes were claart; on page 11

1 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
60 Dar Oma in a Transylvanian mud-bath A hap masel in bleck ile on page 3

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
es o clawmarks dreelit in the mud. The party followed these eer
1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
Muck… or mud, I said.
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
get faur in that either. The mud sooked and slavered at the bo on page 27

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Ditches and mud. We're reckoning It's wiser t on page 63

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
that maks the gress a sea o mud.
that makes the lawn a sea of mud,
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Wi mud an grass that's true.
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
oan there website - ma names mud noo! (2021) twitter link
o some early morning tunes - mud - the cat crept in - crept (2020) twitter link

West Central

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
an’ ah’ walk ower, in the mud an’ the wind an’ the rain
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Get it gaun an’ sling some mud Then yais big wurds ye learn'
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
eh wiz covered in mud an grass stains on page 52

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
side but ane o the Australian mud-loggers on the Criss-Cross di on page 51

1 matches

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
alien sensation o the packit mud flair unnerfit insteid o anit on page 8

1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
ff the sword and lands in the mud in front ae me. on page 174
aws fae his hawn an intae the mud. on page 175

2 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
it's sinkin' slowly intae the mud! Thing is, they say thit thae on page

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Mixed in wi mud and ither feech - on page 33

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
Forby, she had skited on the mud in Fraser's gairden an her tr on page 3
maw added, pickin a bit dried mud aff the fit o the stair. on page 4

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
oes intae the hardened summer mud. on page 42

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Land o Fallen Empires, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
slithir intil thi mud, rush agin thay spears, on page 76

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
ll, rottit: life whiles, then mud, slime, peat on page 107

1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
aw, stickin oot fae under the mud. It’s got patches o black a
s used tae hae. I tear at the mud wi my nails till I get to the
me: me standing in the field, mud on my nightie, up my arms, my
3 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
eit, her legs were smoored wi mud an her hair wis raivelt up wi
1 matches

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
gs the toons name through the mud and creates a huge carry on d(2019)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
se roots gan faur by clart an mud an intae near by on page 77

1 matches

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
o mud an ash in an effort tae keep on page 195

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
picturd a wumman in a cabin o mud an stane bae the shore. There on page 50

1 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
They focht in the mud an the blood o the Somme, on page 30

2 matches

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