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The word 'fuss'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fussOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.22016
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 fuss in Corpus

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Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
afore we geed, get gaan - no fuss. on page 42

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
an a pör body - dunna mak a fuss o da wan an no da tidder. Fir on page 171

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
He made not a fuss as he coor't in a buss on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ir their nicht oot wi'oot ony fuss; an fin they gat oot ower the on page 30

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
. Miss Vining made a terrible fuss o the craitur while she wis t
1 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
There wis nae fuss.
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
if ye leave me I winna mak a fuss on page 198

1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
g malarkey! Dinna ken fit the fuss wis a'aboot? Even Fittie Bar (2018)

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Nae need tae mak a fuss.
The Laird wull mak a fearfu fuss!
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ooks fine tae me - whats the fuss - ref didnae fancy it lol (2021) twitter link
hsport @p_mcpartlin whats the fuss - 15 is enough surely (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
hame, Ye'd no huv heard much fuss! on page 43

1 matches

Pennie, Len The Wheesht, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central - Greenock, poetry
esht the now, an dinnae mak a fuss
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
The weemen wis makin a fuss o her, an she felt pit aboot.
1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
nae falderals, nae fuss; she tucks her tousie mop on page 93

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
How A've gone tae sic a fuss. on page 35
esht the noo, an dinnae mak a fuss, on page 95

2 matches

@changed_days tweeted
though? Nae idea what all the fuss is about? Ladies like tae moa (2021) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
@billykayscot Mind the fuss they made a few year syne whe(2020)