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Use in varieties of Scots

bastard Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words33.1 43.7 16.6 0 46.5 0 8.9
Number of occurrences10685 11 0 8 0 2
Number of authors35 26 5 3 1

Occurrences of bastard 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.

Central

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
Mean, it wis sae obvious the bastard wis only playin against me. T on page 35

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'That dirty, lousy bastard,' Dolly mutters. on page 22
'Ye wantin us tae leather the bastard then, Angie? Five ae us in th on page 23
, like some kind ae freakshow bastard. Feel like a serial killer or on page 60

3 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
nder his breath. Noted hoggin bastard, Danny is. 'Bring them oan fu on page 9
'Bastard, man! Cannae fuckin believe A on page 29
'MERE! YA WEE BASTARD"! the fat wan, Muldoon, shout on page 34
w Uni graduate. He's a flashy bastard, drives a Mercedes and wears on page 37
She's only sixteen, ya dirty bastard' The prick just sees me as a on page 39
Also on pages 48, 49
7 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ack. Slope or steps. Move, ya bastard. Fuck it, he's no gaunae. Jus on page 1

3 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
yer brain, an by sunrise the bastard wis gone. on page 56

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
follaes me, Ah'll crucify the bastard.' on page 15

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
the minute. This ballsae wee bastard is game, there's nae disputin on page 21
al speeches: "Go oan ya dirty bastard. Hit the fuckin hing!!" Ah'm on page 36
experience tae keep the lazy bastard movin in the right direction on page 39
t fuckin in there!" The jammy bastard hud jist taken oot a grand fa on page 41
have." The brass neck ae the bastard, eh? tellin me tae calm doon. on page 55
Also on pages 60, 61, 77, 100, 105, 106, 108, 109, 111, 113, 133, 134, 139, 143, 145, 147, 153, 163, 174, 180, 184, 185, 195
30 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
hovel hawns, He's a right big bastard, mah uncle, on page 172

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
"You can bet your bastard bottom dollar on that, boy,' on page 54

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
la, I keep forgettin you're a bastard. Aye well you're a pure lezzy on page 156

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
mair than if she wis an ugly bastard, but she isnae. Ah used tae b on page 91

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
faithers a bastard without a name. on page 78

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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
sorry, the throat’s been a bastard a while now. But honest, the
oon Nichols, ya big beautiful bastard. Ah’ve been recently inform
ve aye loved the gorgeous wee bastard twice as much as I cid even d
‘Ach. C’mon ye silly bastard. Yer slinky wee heart grows a
pal, Evan Evans. Ye prick. Ye bastard. The world shall hear of yer
5 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
Sum bastard Latin, French, or Inglish ois
1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
thirlt tae’t, an wad “sum bastard Latyn, Franch or Inglys oys,
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
’’. The brass neck ae the bastard, eh? tellin me tae calm doon.
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
'Ya bastard! Oh, sorry, Rinpoche.'
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
s. Harry Reid wis a cruel wee bastard and stole the dug tae use it
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ffalo if I malkie some o they bastard hyenas?”
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
hied an’ shoutin’, “Ya bastard!!!”
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“Thoo’s a practical Aald bastard, is thoo no?” he sayed.
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
s hand starts movin’. The bastard drags it up and up and up ma
again in ma ear, is like the bastard cannae shut up.
—Ye’re a needy wee bastard, Rents, ye ken? Simon smirks
3 matches

Briggs, Susi My Yellow Yorlin, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Tell this bastard that I’ve got a darlin
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
. The proud and stubborn auld bastard that he wis, though, he never
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
oady what a borin teetotallin bastard he really is. In fact, his in
ase. Fur a scrawny wee ginger bastard, eh? He doesnae half huv a pa
in front ae him. The ignorant bastard guides us intae the livin roo
asel tae poonce oan the dirty bastard. But before ah kin strike Dan
4 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ah um. Ah wis a horrible wee bastard fae dae yin. Luckily fur you
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ent, Kyle, his name wis. Perr bastard goat that obsessed wae googli
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
spent ma life bein a horrible bastard, efteraw. Cos yae kin bet yur
1 matches

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

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
@TheLoneWolf1969 ya sneaky bastard ?? stop making new profiles, (2020) search twitter
dinnae close em, I'm a nosie bastard i need to see if anything hap(2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
l dae nuthin tae quell ma mad bastard” reputation. The lassies’s (2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
the bin. Ah fuckin hate this bastard disease! ?? #MSsucks(2020) search twitter

@rattlecans tweeted
t oot transport, and the lazy bastard, it'll take him 10 seconds ta (2022) twitter link
ont door shouting "Ya fucking bastard ye OOT. GAUN... GET TAE FUCK! (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@sid_lambert aye one mad bastard defo guys but whit a magnific (2020) twitter link
bastard - am gaun oot the nicht fir (2020) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
Day o Judgment for some peer bastard. Death comin screamin oot the on page 15

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
a the recruits caad the bully bastard.
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
t dog min! It wiz a richt bad bastard that naebody could dee nithin
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
et awa fast enough afore some bastard realised that ma pooches were
“Fuck off, you tabby sookin bastard!”
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
bleed pumpin ower it. “Some bastard hit shot ma, for Christ’s s
1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caw, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric - Stonehaven, prose
s whit he caws it but aw the bastard means is that his faither’s
An the look on his face. This bastard didnae sae much look like he
that it maittered. The other bastard he picks up the axe an puts i
3 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
@JimSpenceSport Fit I wid cry bastard soup ?? (2020) twitter link

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
izatt @theJeremyVine Well the bastard neednae bother comin tae Aibe(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
her airms aboot her. "If that bastard is trying to ruin your Christ on page 21
laandit dysel wi Alec Watt's bastard bairn, draggit dysel doon ta on page 22
h'm gyaain sooth tae abort da bastard, an ah'll no be back." on page 23
ovided a rüf fur Mary an her bastard bairn. Dey eventually got da on page 37

4 matches

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
Da bastard wis haedin straight fur wis,
1 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
oosled me hair. 'Weel du aald bastard, is du gaein ta help me sort
1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
only lettin da sink in if da bastard comes back wi a warrant https(2021) search twitter
l juist hae ta wait until dis bastard headache passes.(2021) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
But Ulster's tha bastard brither! on page 17

2 matches

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