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Use in varieties of Scots

swearin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.9 4.5 3 0 0 0 9.7
Number of occurrences139 2 0 0 0 2
Number of authors10 7 1 2

Occurrences of swearin 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

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
's win her Dumfriesshire, nae swearin, jist Fechan! on page 77

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
realisin that it wis Geordie swearin an cursin at the tap o his vy on page 109

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
se we'd never heard a teacher swearin before. on page 118

1 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
the flair an strapped him for swearin. Puir laddie didna ken he wis on page 120

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
rge, in that it haes seen the swearin-in o the first ever colourt A
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Though we’re swearin’ an’ sighin’, in oor he
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
suspended fer a week jist fer swearin - no at onywan, jist swearin(2020) search twitter

Doric

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
that swearin, Susie disnae believe in bad
sual Jake wid leave cursin an swearin, aye pittin his blood
2 matches

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
got tae the point o cursin an swearin, an spanners bein threw roon on page 9

1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
e richts tae his #UlsterScots swearin in spiel doon in Westmeenster (2015) twitter link

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