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The word 'clown'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
clownOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72917
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 35.5 8 5
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 35.9 7 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 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 clown in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
d back doon bit I felt such a clown. on page 72

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

@JamesAmcvean tweeted
be an indy supporter and this clown liked yer comment.(2021)

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ging tae the circus tae see a clown,” cried Mysie Wabster, “W
clown here.”
2 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
then Jeems wis aye a bit o a clown. Bit Andra hid better things on page 86

1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
though I lach an I act like a clown on page 90
An here's anither clown ye kin see, on page 155

2 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
This clown grasser @scottda95388967 his (2020)

@cligeey tweeted
@aduncan59 Jist a clown min(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
! Fer crying oot lood! What a clown that man is #GordonGinoAndFre(2018)
e 50’s! Yon blooming yapping clown barmaid needs tae sell kebabs(2019)
So yon clown barmaid at the Fittie Bar dec(2020)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ey Dinna get mi gan aboot aht clown.(2020)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ver made that fixture up is a clown - as fir asda a widnae ken - (2020) twitter link
he stock cars big man? your a clown lol (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Or clown, wi’ yon, dynamic cheek,
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
'Ya bloody clown, ye! That's you aw oer the ba on page 8

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Whit ye bloody playin at ya clown, get up!’ ah sais, turnin t
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
kin aw that racket? Ya bloody clown, ye! Here, gies yer haun.’
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
a status as a complete fuckin clown is further assured wae each a
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Don’t worry aboot me ya clown. Ah’m a wiry cunt, fuckin t
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
thin tae thank the big simian clown fur as Pearcey appears at his
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
‘Ya bloody clown, ye! That’s you aw oer the
1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
ee bodie, a strang boay, an a clown that naebody laughed at - bu on page 23

1 matches

General Central

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
cause a dinnae consider you a clown but ?? respect for you janey(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
illy-Fisher Supreme, BoJo the Clown. ??(2020)

@Sinethugcat tweeted
Clown government hasnae a clue fit (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
n, Corbyn. Even with BoJo the clown! It’s high time, we should f(2020)
that Red Tory! Even Bozo the Clown and his henchmen! ???????(2020)