A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

foul Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14 17 6 39.7 17.4 10.3 0
Number of occurrences4533 4 4 3 1 0
Number of authors26 19 3 1 2 1

Occurrences of foul in Corpus

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Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
en frae sleep in a mood maist foul on page 9

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
tae fecht an triumph ower the foul tyranny an iniquities o Romis on page 26
ocht o it; but reports o this foul barbarity raised in his heart on page 27
ker, Browning!' But afore the foul deed cuid be dune, a smirr o on page 45
mair nor ever! .. . May this foul deed haunt ye aa yer days an on page 47
like braxy yowes ... an that foul butcher Earlshaa haes hackit on page 52
Also on pages 57, 62, 63
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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
"Yi foul besom, swivin wi dwarves. Yi on page 14

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
And foul-breathing memory Of one-time on page 4
But my fate winna be sae foul As that o Tammie Norrie. on page 14

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"Who used that foul language in my classroom?" sh on page 194

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
first state tae get rid o yon foul - yet profitable fer some - on page 129

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
a foul mooth, that's whut yi git, on page 24

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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
d that lost his lass tae thon foul, fell cratur. on page 80
ice this forty year, usin sic foul an unseemly language. Repent, on page 109

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
plague. She's been in a pure foul mood every day since this new on page 78

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
These foul mouthed Buckfast connoisseurs on page 29
The maist foul an awfy wurds that ye'd ken, on page 36

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ffensive tae the word. It wis foul! Putrid, rotten, decayed, dis on page 21

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Your deeds are mair foul than your wirds. on page 32

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Goodbrand Saunders, Donald Lallans 67 - Twa Owresettins frae Heine, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Through fair day or foul day, weet or dry. on page 55

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ries an aw kin kynd o fethert foul, raxes 212 mile fae Portpatri on page 65

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Scotland's Black Death: The Foul Death of the English, Karen J on page 110

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
n Auld English fúl mearð ‘foul marten’. This entry is some
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
tive natur; then is the fast, foul, fat feeder a glutton, the ma
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Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
as Lexwell opent oot like the foul mooth o the Congo or Niger an
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tant atmospheric cleanse, the foul odours at least partially neu
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@Chazzbat tweeted
ackiepatie Oohhh. Ah wis in a foul mood the day efter haein an i(2020) search twitter

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
t. Faasomivver than, shuld fa foul o aiven e smaaest o e laa's c on page 11

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
an namin these foul gulls on page 5

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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tryin tae pull them aff. The foul language that came fae her mo
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Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
she’d died by fair means or foul. Daavid wi nae proof o fit re
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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Even things that move fall foul o "Nana's peedie doll" on page 14
emales' and they'd aal fallen foul o some 'bitch'. on page 42
he's still in residence, that foul-moothed foreign burd. on page 55
He fell foul o a bonxie when he touched do on page 56

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
an dey scrimed da Sneug o Foul. on page 59

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De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
–R POLISH. HIT REMOVES ELT AN FOUL MUCK FAE YOUR FLÖR AN LAEVES
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Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Scalloway Castle, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, poetry
Oot o’ dir pockets. His foul naetir
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Southern

The Westender Pipin for the Young Yins, (The Hawick Paper 2008) Southern, newspaper
Bit if somebody cries foul on where it's duin a suppose
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