Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'tough'

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Use in varieties of Scots

tough	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	13.8	45	38
ORK - Orkney	19.9	2	2
SHD - Shetland	11.6	2	2
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	32.8	3	1
DOR - General Northern	31	7	5
NEC - North East Central	46.4	1	1
SEC - (South) East Central	17.7	7	6
WCE - West Central	18.4	4	3
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	22.8	5	4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	8	6	6
SEA - South East (Borders)	37.4	3	3
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)
GUL - General Ulster	28.1	2	2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of tough in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
tough gress an rabbit holes, on page 6

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@peediepuss tweeted
ayRanger Peedie things are as tough af (2020) twitter link

Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
in masks as weel. I keen it's tough, but sadly also necessary.(2021)

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
' trees. Ask was made o' ash, tough and used fir weapon handles. (2020)

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
I thocht you iyl-ies were a tough breed - on page 9
tough times through, on page 11
ades sometimes it's been ower tough, but I'm chuffed we've sorted on page 17

3 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Get sandpaper 'at's tough on page 117

1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
tart slagging them aff? Its tough position hes in (2022) twitter link
@AbzPodcast tough job, but Goodwins mistake a (2022) twitter link
and in transition. It will be tough for Glass, a great deal of im (2021) twitter link

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
ring to anything particularly tough/hard. E.g. if you tried to ba(2020)

@Franwella tweeted
in science. I cane times are tough bit really, it's nae like he (2011)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
rsonafc1 A good try min. Some tough eens there. I wiz shoutin oot(2020)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
foostie and their meat wis as tough as auld gutties but Geryon lo on page 42

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
'Tough shit.' on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
anyhing in this life, it wis tough. on page 22
"Bruce" ah says "This is a tough situation fur baith ae us." T on page 158

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
even though He liked tae act tough. "Ach, go on. But tel] her ta on page 81

1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
rn a new language, and it was tough going for us. There is a stor
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@Pippisell Its tough oot on the coal face Pip ??(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@Brian_Pacey @dunbar_united tough times for all clubs alas m8 (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Coy an Laura McNish an aw the tough nuts in oor class wid pure st on page 76

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ah'd some tough times tae, spent time oan the on page 77
Ay, it's tough gettin caught boys; e'en Fabi on page 115

2 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
orm legislation we think isny tough enough. When A read that, it
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
snae goin tae lift they had a tough decision tae mak. Even wi the on page 41

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
coloured glass surrounds. The tough-lookin bastards n eld pishy d on page 38

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
asty. I realise you have this tough exterior, big bad Daisy who d on page 13

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
on and have a shot. Bit ay a tough action oan it." on page 3

2 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
the wean, wiz pure gallus an tough, on page 9

1 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
He guidit beast throu tough lea-rig, on page 13

1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
immer. He must huv been richt tough fur he survived tae tell the

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
y gie ye it all, yer pots are tough ??(2020)

@Cobradile94 tweeted
Clarky @scotgov Och, that's a tough yin... ??(2018)

@rattlecans tweeted
e she is not a he, then, well tough shit. That's the choice they (2022) twitter link

@changed_days tweeted
MM Said the same no long ago. Tough yin tho, cos Borna at his bes (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
The going surely tough on page 50

1 matches

@jamie_ginger tweeted
Been a tough day in oor hoose. Alexa is ev(2020)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
el_Hayes_ Actually, a huv had tough time with ma biological famil(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
yer hard, yer tough, on page 77

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
y day stuff. Sunday gonnae be tough no seeing the mammies and dau(2020)

General Ulster

Hanna, Wendy Gaitherin’ Purdas!, (Facebook - Schomberg Society 2020) Ulster, poetry
Still, not half as tough as days of old.
1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
@murraytelecast Tough yin. Maist Ulster-Scots write (2019) twitter link