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Use in varieties of Scots

coulda Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.1 11.8 3 0 23.2 0 0
Number of occurrences2923 2 0 4 0 0
Number of authors12 8 1 3

Occurrences of coulda in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ous. Blue as a clear sky. She coulda been a film star. Or a model. on page 1

1 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
'If ye coulda jist won that bloody race. Is on page 41

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e tae calm doon. Honestly, ah coulda punched his cunt in. Right th on page 55
actin too festive, at aw. It coulda been anyboady, eh? he wis sim on page 97
"Ma Granny coulda hit that baw harder ya fat us on page 106
nfident wae his words than ah coulda possibly huv imagined. on page 190

4 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
me. Ah wis pure mortified. Ah coulda kilt Chariene. on page 25
cawd him Billy Boy McCoy. He coulda been a right good boxer try t on page 61
ur Kirsty then ma Christopher coulda done himself a serious injury on page
d if he'd tap her a fag an ah coulda pure kilt her cause it wis ob on page 127
e the same thing tae us if he coulda et or drank a newspaper. on page 140
Also on pages 169
10 matches

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
empty. Lookin at it afore, a coulda sworn ahin in it wis a part o
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
e tae calm doon. Honestly, ah coulda punched his cunt in. Right th
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
h wis a shame, a’m sure she coulda got a man if she’d wanted t
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
. So, aye, it wisnae as if he coulda complained too much even if h
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
me. ‘’What the fuck? Yae coulda killed me, ya daft cunt!’â€
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
019817 @brawday Me tae but it coulda been worded better ??(2020) search twitter

@MartinBroon tweeted
@rholmes31 Tell ye whit coulda been 3or4...????????. ????(2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
l that said it, Wollaston. Ye coulda picked ten, ye ken.' on page 8

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ess, fitna disappintment. She coulda deen fine wi an extra poun or on page 107

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
a Pentecost I coulda dön ithoot; on page 26

1 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
y idder competitor left in, I coulda handled it - I tink. Bit noo
1 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
e had twa eyebroos dat a craa coulda biggit his nest in, an sittin
in under dem were twa een dat coulda brunt hols in cloot. Stukkin
2 matches

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