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Use in varieties of Scots

fuss Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.5 4.3 9.6 9.9 5.8 10.9 0
Number of occurrences178 6 1 1 1 0
Number of authors15 6 6 1 1 1

Occurrences of fuss in Corpus

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Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
hame, Ye'd no huv heard much fuss! on page 43

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Nae need tae mak a fuss.
The Laird wull mak a fearfu fuss!
2 matches

Pennie, Len The Wheesht, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central - Greenock, poetry
esht the now, an dinnae mak a fuss
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
The weemen wis makin a fuss o her, an she felt pit aboot.
1 matches

@changed_days tweeted
though? Nae idea what all the fuss is about? Ladies like tae moa (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ooks fine tae me - whats the fuss - ref didnae fancy it lol (2021) twitter link
hsport @p_mcpartlin whats the fuss - 15 is enough surely (2020) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
He made not a fuss as he coor't in a buss on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ir their nicht oot wi'oot ony fuss; an fin they gat oot ower the on page 30

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
if ye leave me I winna mak a fuss on page 198

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
. Miss Vining made a terrible fuss o the craitur while she wis t
1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
There wis nae fuss.
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
g malarkey! Dinna ken fit the fuss wis a'aboot? Even Fittie Bar (2018) search twitter

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
afore we geed, get gaan - no fuss. on page 42

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
an a pör body - dunna mak a fuss o da wan an no da tidder. Fir on page 171

1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
@billykayscot Mind the fuss they made a few year syne whe(2020) search twitter