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The word 'arsed'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
arsedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92211
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 32.6 6 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of arsed in Corpus

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General Northern

@daleser23 tweeted
@RossAndrew7 cana even be arsed arguing. Just watch sky sport(2013)
Il dee it later fan i can be arsed(2013)
@RossAndrew7 cana be arsed. Awa tae ma bed(2013)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Asda fer oor tea bit canna be arsed am gan up their the day. She (2016)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
at. Work. 'Sides, I cannae be arsed.' on page 1

2 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The smart-arsed big baw-heid, he'll get his c on page 117

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
an. Tae replace us wi’ bare-arsed Campbells, fir the “pacific
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
torytellin begin. A cannae be arsed listenin tae it the night. Fi on page 31

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
er ay the group offers a hauf arsed smile an ushers the rest ay t
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
it is Alec, cannae be bloody arsed hauf the time these days, jus
n example ay how ah cannae be arsed, eh? Not five minutes ago, oo
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Pearcey flings a hauf arsed attempt at a punch an the sma
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
oan the street, they’re no arsed aboot percentages ay purity.
1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
An A cannae be arsed bein arsed wae ma life. on page 12
They cannae be arsed wae bairns awready there, on page 15

3 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
cannae be arsed(2013)
a cannae be arsed(2014)

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
amily live there. a cannae be arsed to visit em, sadly. https://t(2020)
re just lazybones!! Cannae be arsed tae ride, nae matter whit! ??(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Black Grouse rat-arsed on page 71

1 matches

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