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The word 'handsome'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
handsomeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.23927
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 3
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 12 9 7
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 handsome in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
"Turn him intae a handsome prince, me faithful ginger To on page 36

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
me handsome owld boy, on page 144

1 matches

Shetland

Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
cht, hair and ower his young, handsome, quiskery, face. Seeing da sc
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
lass on #Shetland and snog a handsome random stranger/drugs mule. N(2016)
A very handsome male calloo (long-tailed duck(2015)
tle gull this evening. What a handsome peerie fellow. #Shetland #ilo(2013)

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
bairn: but id makes rether a handsome peeg, A think." An she began on page 60

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
blythesome lassie, strang an handsome tae, wi lang flowin herr. on page 84

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ist the usual: taall, dark an handsome." on page 51
. "So, Mister Taall, daark an handsome, tell's a bittie aboot yersel on page 55

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e the Jeweller an syne te the handsome young Turk aat wis gettin te on page 12

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Mony quines wad hae caad him handsome. She'd sleepit wi mony the wa
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
z richt enough, he wiz really handsome wi pure blond hair and sky bl
1 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
atten's een. He micht hae bin handsome fin he wis young. He wid hae on page 51

1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"Ye are maist handsome o'thaim a' on page 14

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
l believe he'd be straicht an handsome, the ee glintin, the mou curv on page 76

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
For a walk with handsome Johnny.
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
s guid luiks (his by name wis Handsome).
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Ruggedly handsome, on page 220

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ruggedly handsome, on page 147

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
in sae tall, strany an kind o handsome, wi his totally fearless char on page 84
Gray, but no the tall, dark, handsome man o seevin years afore. The on page 89

2 matches

Edinburgh

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
ed wir uncles. Larry wis deid handsome an he had a great smile, wi w on page 76

2 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
bothered, aw naw, he's a big handsome basturt as well. He's goat th on page 1

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
oidance ay doubt. ‘He’s a handsome boiy this yin, eh Mary?’ sh
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ll ugly bairn; but it's a gey handsome grumphie, I think." An she st on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Syne the daith o his handsome lover? on page 24

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ed every bit a tall, dark and handsome man. Ma lip curls as ah wipe on page xiv
richt,' Donald says. He wis a handsome man bute bloody useless in a on page xvi
n Mary oan it and the other a handsome statue o Jesus Christ himsel. on page 112

3 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
thy' etc. Or hou aboot '... a handsome, intelligent face and serious on page 90

1 matches

Briggs, Susi The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Princess and the Grumphieman, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
man wis noo back tae bein the handsome Prince. on page 92

1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
@RobertMiggins Look at you ya handsome auld man ??(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
ey cud find? A'body sayin how handsome he is. Ah dinnae see it masel(2020)

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ally dae the job she's paid a handsome sum tae botch. Ah wonder if F(2021)

South West (Galloway)

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
An the handsome lass
That a handsome pair
2 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
y weeyin: but it maks a richt handsome pig, A think." An shae stairt on page 62

1 matches

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