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The word 'ersehole'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
erseholeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7125
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 ersehole in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
gs as a collie wi aa teeth an ersehole made a darry for Jeemicky. Th
leein, growlin set o fangs an ersehole came for him. He’d presence
wye back up the track wi his ersehole still winkin wi the terror o
3 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ae the Tories ya middle class ersehole. That'll gee yae suttin tae r on page 81
hear this fae me and no some ersehole at the park." on page 157

2 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
in a twist aboot this Russian ersehole we’re oan oor wey tae meet.
1 matches

West Central

@MizLiot tweeted
er but I didnae turn intae an ersehole (2021) twitter link
@HiddenAberdeen Whit an ersehole. (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“Ye ersehole,” she sayed. “Warn me wha
dy Ah kinna like isna a total ersehole efter aa.
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
wey that ah dinnae need some ersehole wae a PHD tae tell me that ah
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
nou we're doon by the ersehole o heaven on page 78

1 matches

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