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The word 'arsehole'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
arseholeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.71913
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 30.7 6 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 arsehole in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
erience. Wi're aa born wi one arsehole - fa needs anither een?" on page 75

1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
mell o danger! Get a grip, ye arsehole. Feart o a wee yappin Scottie
1 matches

General Northern

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
es short o a bag fae. What an arsehole.(2019)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
nuttin but a lyin, gibberin, arsehole. But like ah've said fae day on page 55

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
nuttin but a lyin, gibberin, arsehole. But like ah’ve said fae da
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
g Tae, 'Thenk God it's no his arsehole!' on page 43
he's great! Ithers ca him an arsehole. on page 110

2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
obably, the maist intelligent arsehole, she’d ever met!” A maun
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
er realised they were such an arsehole in the first place. Ah mean, on page 25
'Where's the fuckin phone, arsehole, ah say. Dolly hides behind m on page 27

2 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
t where It should be? Fucking arsehole, idiot, numpty, fucking tube, on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
gawpin in at us, this bloody arsehole, his greasy foreheid smearin
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
uisite ay bein a condescendin arsehole. Must try harder.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
in but a fuckin liberty takin arsehole.’ ah sais, ready tae fly fu
1 matches

General Central

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
er6 Naw I'm not trending that arsehole.(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ings Trump, yer definitely an arsehole(2020)
ck @tartanroots Looks like an arsehole wae dentures(2020)

@changed_days tweeted
tly widny even say av been an arsehole either, just gave back whit a (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
entry! Bend over and kiss yer arsehole guidbye...(2020)