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The word 'useful'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
usefulOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.42418
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 62.8 2 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 useful in Corpus

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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
nothing frivolous here, jist useful, is handed over by Clara, alo on page 30

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Really useful on page 115

1 matches

Williamson, Christie Submissions, an keepin on, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, blog
dat ta be da end o dat poyims useful life, aften wi graet sadness.
1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
Splendid an useful thread fae @HarryJosieGiles h(2021)

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
r, ee ken, an he says id's so useful, id's worth a hundred pounds! on page 22
always ready till make hersel useful, an lookan anxiously aboot he on page 29

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
le screams o the dyin men nae useful information wiz gotten. Mable
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I kin be useful, fixin a fuse on page 135

1 matches

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
thoughts, Alex. That's really useful. Aye, I think these North Eas(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
d tae hear yer deen something useful fer a change! Is there any ch(2017)

(South) East Central

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
r her breath. ‘Dae somethin useful and get the first aid kit.’
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
lympic hammer and so he's gey useful fur practisin wi.' on page 104

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
an he says it comes in right useful, it's worth a hunner poonds! on page 23
ayeweys ready tae make hersel useful, an lookin anxiously aboot he on page 31

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
ranny and Granda who are mair useful as they actually slip me mone on page 7

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
son learned here McShane. Yer useful, nae doubt, but yer expendabl
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
find a wey she can mak hersel useful." on page 43

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
still treat me like ah'm only useful fur one hing - cleanin - so on page 4
til there wur too many tae be useful. Ah couldnae believe ma luck on page 39

2 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
en staff, o coorse, wis geyan useful whan lattin oan tae a German on page 127

1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
Nah pal, cunts ur useful.....?? https://t.co/efp0saKQR(2019)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
him a fanny Bob. A fanny is a useful thing ??(2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
e know, an hae says it's wile useful, it's worth a hunner poons! H on page 23
said Alice, aye makin hirsel useful, an fukin pervously roon hir. on page 31

2 matches

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