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The word 'rude'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
rudeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.53729
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 27.6 6 4
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 16 12 11
SEA - South East (Borders) 37.4 3 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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of rude in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
er as you can be taen as bein rude. In linguistics dis is caaed on page 55

1 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
live in Joppa, it's just too rude" - but sho refused tae tell

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
@icklenellierose Whit a rude peerie turd (2017) twitter link

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
look on her face: "id's awful rude." on page 65
owever, she didna lek till be rude: so she bore id as weel as sh on page 86

2 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Skittery-dick sound a bittie rude, can you guess which fruit it(2014)
naughty wifie pointed oot foo rude it keekat! Puir @lyn_golden j(2019)

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Mr Rusty's here, so dinna be rude on page 154

1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
Nae rude songs at Pittodrie the day(2020)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Howie laughed, a rude snort ae a laugh. on page 1

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
an dinnae stare at fowk It's rude!"
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
's nearly sixteen an she does rude stuff wi him an she's always on page 121
said, Nae forecasts the day. Rude, said Charlene, anen she snig on page 169

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Rocks fae their rude altars, scorched an scattered on page 40

1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
a’ wi’ it. It sounded sae rude. Ah cudnae use the word ‘co
1 matches

@MizLiot tweeted
d. However, ye weren’t being rude in that instance wi Wass alt (2021) twitter link
learly she never meant tae be rude. But it widna be like ye tae (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
The man made a rude noise.
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
n. Bit she didnae like tae be rude: so she pit up wae it as best on page 88

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
dued. There’s nothin like a rude awakenin fae yer maw tae temp
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
uever, she didnae want tae be rude: an tholed it as weel as she on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Wirrit ye micht come aff rude on page 68

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
t settin' (hey! Ye big gallus rude bugger, ye! Ye've git a clart on page

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
that ye were cruel an mean an rude, on page 14

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Wha made her sic a rude wee bairn, on page 134

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
wance, which is jist an awfie rude thing tae dae. on page 50

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
scrieved the Prince an awfie rude note which really scunnered h on page 87
lauched the Prince. "You were rude tae me! Ye sneered at things on page 93

2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
er available. It wad be a gey rude awaukenin if it happent again
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The Potemkin Pairty, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
n sum o thaim probably yaises rude wurds on Twitter. This canna
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
@Denis85457546 Be rude not tae Denis.. :) ?? (2023) twitter link

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
o Mrs Nae Offense. Onythin wi Rude Bits nivver fails ... Shut Ye(2016)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
did not mean to be uppity or rude ... as a linguist I like corr(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Ahlice gie nippy: "eet's awfy rude." on page 67
she didnae lik tae b' rude: sae she put up wi eet as wei on page 89
ts!" Ahlice sterted in a loud rude voice; but she pult up quick, on page 108

3 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
In fact they became doonricht rude. on page 36

1 matches

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