Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'radge'

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Use in varieties of Scots

radge	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	15.6	50	24
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	26.2	8	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	8.9	2	2
NEC - North East Central	92.7	2	1
SEC - (South) East Central	12.8	5	4
WCE - West Central	9.2	2	2
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh	6.3	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	5.4	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	37.4	28	12
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 radge in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
vy leavin mi titi pye fir it. Radge.(2019)
e493 Noo yir jist bein a feel radge.(2019)
For fit it's wirth. Jockys a radge. Still pops roon fir his fly (2019)
e wisnae enough pepper. Fit a radge. https://t.co/oT7IXVtxza(2020)
@watt_tracy74 @cligeey Radge o a 'hing(2020)
and 3 other occurrences.

General Northern

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
us. Me, I decided tee act the radge. I wis a reed heidded quine a on page 58

1 matches

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
inion former. Yawn, jog on ye radge, Scotland disnae need yer #Me(2019)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
elin through the hoose like a radge bear spittin and skelpin at e on page 3
tree lay a draigon wi seeven radge-lookin heids, aw o them aslee on page 46

2 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
ls an tirns intil a ragin mad radge. Harry had went radio rental on page 86

1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
re feelin. In a climate whaur radge speculation aboot the mind o
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
HIELAN cooncilors is gaun radge ower the on gaun aff-pit bi t
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Gaelic upsteerers wis daein a radge ower whit they see as a fair
1 matches

Letford, William This Is It, (Scottish Poetry Library 2016) Central - Stirling, poetry
toon, an audience eh one radge eatin a
1 matches

West Central

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
ans or a muckle Trainspotting radge ? Ma Glaswegian isny Scots; it
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
when it comes tae words like radge . They juist yase it when a pa
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
back door. The crowd had gone radge by this pynt an as suin as th on page 127

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
‘’Someboady did, ya radge bastard? You did!’’ he sa
1 matches

Glasgow

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
humiliation o a radge outlaw dressed up like a choc
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
Napoleon wis a muckle, kind o radge-lookin Berkshire boar, the an on page 6

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
radge, I wis, wi hert's care, fleei on page 106

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
'Radge!' on page 97
ppin Mike Teeveeheid noo. The radge lad jist cairried on, and whe on page 149

2 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
The Wee Tods gaed radge wi excitement. They stertit r on page 40

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
that soondit like a bird gaun radge, and Klaus heezed her up é a on page 7
e shiny, and it made him look radge and stairvin aw at wance. "Hu on page 22
wi a glent in his een like a radge dug. For a meenit, Violet tho on page 23
s, "Coont Olaf is an absolute radge," but she wis ower polite. on page 37
ad burst oot o naewhaur. Wi a radge-like rair he wheeched her up on page 46
Also on pages 52, 108
8 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
pure radge on page 53
pure radge on page 55
a bonnie radge, a neebor rare, on page 68

4 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
like some radge hell-ejectit wunner, on page 40
Thae sins that war sae radge on page 72

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 1 - Ye’re Still Here? It’s Ower. Gang Hame., (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
neuch that we corralled these radge things atween twa covers for on page 24

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
sodger didnae awfie like the radge look in her een. "Haud yer cu on page 36

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
radge i the wind, ay, rairin out ma on page 25

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
We wrocht in a radge oan the prostrate man bit we' on page 18

1 matches

Curt_Kenobi Mates, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
upid thing tae do that only a radge cunt like me woulda done. (Co
1 matches

@ClashCityClarky tweeted
n oot o English wirds for hou radge the hale thing is, Scots is a(2018)

@RickHJohnston tweeted
e, us too. But mind tae dae a radge-check on some o the candidate (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
baffies", "colliebuckie", an "radge". Ah've bin tweetin in Scots (2020)

@fairpechtoot tweeted
era referred tae hersel as a 'radge wee midden'?! https://t.co/P9(2019)