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Use in varieties of Scots

damn Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words26.5 23.4 41.6 29.8 11.6 10.9 26.5
Number of occurrences8244 26 3 2 1 6
Number of authors39 23 7 2 2 1 5

Occurrences of damn in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Ach, damn the burnie an the brae, on page 32

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Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
'RAB BURNS - DAMN YE !' on page 16

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
nae appreciate somethin fine. Damn fine. The tea won. Veni, vidi on page 1

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ants an heize up their rents. Damn them aa!' on page 61

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"A damn fine actress" Aldo said. on page 91

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
a Scottish version o the same damn thing. on page 33
se ye that muckle tae fin oot damn few ivver dae. The costs esti on page 36
the capital. The upshot? No a damn thing appearit in onie o the on page 59
the land. As a piece o sheer damn cheek this taks some beatin, on page 84
w oor systems o governance ap damn near ilka governmental an non on page 88
Also on pages 122, 130
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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
so damn fine. on page 12

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
'Damn right, you little mother-fuck on page 53

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ah taen exception tae a damn't machine, on page 36

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
e'en his ain, He disnae gie a damn. on page 9

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
he fairese o them aw, and the damn fings crack.' on page 30

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
But damn me quick, tae Hell consign on page 60

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Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
, wi bed an board... It wis a damn sicht better than the sax pun on page 17

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Dornan, Stephen Eemis Stane 1 - Lees an Crams, or Ossian on the Death of Cuchullin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
heir wheesht, an gie deil tha damn on page 23

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - The Pynes o Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
t swick't an geck't frae thon damn't hure, on page 44

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Robertson, James Melt (Yin), (Kettillonia 2001) Central, poetry
nuary, scunnered wi the haill damn toun,
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
cooncil's standin they'd mak damn shair that the proper name wi
mair languages nor Burns? - damn few an they are aa deid), an
2 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
r the most part but he cid be damn stubborn. N so he wid not adm
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e the skeels tae track thaim. Damn it aa, he didna e’en hae th
they merk on surfaces - ony damn surface, thair ain hide gin n
st wintit tae hae a pairty an damn the consequences.
n, bit aa she catched wis, “Damn thee, man - ”
” He thocht for a while. “Damn it,” he sayed finally, “A
9 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
he ae time, but we cam pretty damn close. Noo we hae a bittie ma
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
wlcymro @AngusMacNeilSNP It's damn jaffa cakes naebody cares if (2020) search twitter
@fifelike Damn hes an arse, he will make tho(2020) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
tober Thank you A... It'll be damn better when I've got somewher (2023) twitter link

@gordimhor1 tweeted
mner That sir is a bonnet and damn guid yin tae(2019) search twitter

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
said I didn't look impressed, damn right I wasn't impressed!!! (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
a tons a books. And it looked damn good tae (2022) twitter link
TomBoyOptional @tealou I'm no damn well interested in *debating* (2022) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
For damn't in the eyn not a bawbee the on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Nae wirth a damn!" giggilt Winnie, stappin a s on page 13
n shares ir nae deein wirth a damn. In fack, Ah'm meevin a lot o on page 37
n the cups and sassers dirl. "Damn ye te hell, quine!" on page 65

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
'Aa richt, fifteen, damn ye,' said Butterworth. on page 8

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
An Ah cudna gie a damn, on page 24
it's like ye jist dinna gie a damn aboot onybody bit yersel." on page 81

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
"'Damn your insolence, Annand! Anoth on page 17

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
m philosophy.' Ah daurna pit 'DAMN AA', thocht Jeems, gettin jis on page 85

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
“Ye’ll damn weel bide far ye are!” Aitk
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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Dul an foggy an it's damn cauld,
sar Eck coodnae understan the damn thing. He
France noo an again, bit the damn doo aye
furious, a hale damn day wasted, nae denner, ney p
the door o the sittin room." Damn thing winna gang in" snarled
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Bowie, Tyler Stookie, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
ill lying a ower the raod. Am damn sure sombidy wid be aff hame
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
‘You could have something a damn sight better further south in
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@Franwella tweeted
@LouiseNicol1 damn, has it worn thin aready. Jis(2011) search twitter
@Lord_Sugar damn damn damn, I forgot a aboot it.......hm(2011) search twitter
Damn fine pint in the Victoria bit(2011) search twitter
@LouiseNicol wiz damn fine :-D(2011) search twitter
damn i wiz wrang(2012) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
a be successful bit I'd hae a damn good try on page 7
halibut wance - weel I did, damn near. There's aalways the wan on page 71

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@HJosephineGiles tweeted
e people if ye dinno sign the damn thing? PIT ??GOOGLY?? EYES ?? (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
e heard wis, he wisna carin a damn.
1 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
eerieselkie I do this all the damn time (2019) twitter link

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
kayscot .... whae's like him? Damn few an they're aw oan Lockdoo(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
A'm damn't A'll pye fur that. on page 42

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Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Weel turned oot they damn tha fear, on page 27
But damn tha fear o owre-reachin yerse on page 54

2 matches

Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
I dae for tae pit in mae day, damn't I wud
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@OrangRuth tweeted
@qnewsdesk Damn right, Jolene. Thon praduct t(2019) search twitter

@the_gellick tweeted
ni - get your diddies oot an damn the fear o it! (2014) twitter link

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