swore | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 7.8 | 7.7 | 9 | 9.9 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | |
Number of occurrences | 25 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Number of authors | 21 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Rab swore that he wid tent us baith. on page 15
1 matches
Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ed their pouther. Claverhouse swore an said he micht hae gang for on page 45
1 matches
Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
st and she'd go bonkers and a swore she could be in the Olympics on page 37
1 matches
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
is well placed, n aw. And she swore blind efterwards that it wid on page 67
1 matches
Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
sie aw upset like that, sae I swore I wid keep gaun wi the search on page 30
1 matches
Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
shook haunds yin wi ither and swore a snell and siccar aith that on page 29
1 matches
Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
e tae her maw and da, and she swore tae set it richt. on page 118
1 matches
Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'Ah swore in the park,' Mum says. 'Well on page 25
though it wis a sunny day, ah swore ah could see steam comin oot on page 55
2 matches
Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
swore he cid rin faster on page 11
1 matches
Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
swore the Queen wantit Rizzio's dei on page 16
1 matches
McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
A swore at them oot loud!
1 matches
Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
On September 20th 2014 ah swore ah’d niver sing ‘Floor oâ
1 matches
Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
dear, it’s bad luck. Hazel swore her nan made up her ain super
1 matches
Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
He cursed an he swore as the paper it tore - on page 15
2 matches
Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
le o fish. Roch Meg cursed an swore as the settee stuck in
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Minnie swore.
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
e bairn, that Nurse Mackenzie swore she hid seen the nicht afore.
1 matches
Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ised Herod that much, that he swore he'd gie hir whutiver she axt on page 9
2 matches