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bastards Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.3 16.4 0 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences3332 0 1 0 0 0
Number of authors12 11 1

Occurrences of bastards 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

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ere wur yooz? Ya fuckin pussy bastards! Yir mate wis gittin set aboo on page 29
'FUCKIN YOUNG TEAM, YA SCUMMY BASTARDS! A roar, geein them two middl on page 34
s surrounds. The tough-lookin bastards n eld pishy drunks alike - s on page 38
, among a gaggle ae these eld bastards, the voice ae an angel floats on page 39
'HAW YOOZ, YA FUCKIN PUSSY BASTARDS! on page 43
Also on pages 60
7 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
'Ya bastards. I'm no gaun in there!' Hyste on page 1

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
So, A call oot the bastards on page 36

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
us baith: "Ya pair ae sexist bastards! Ah wis talkin aboot gittin w on page 29
"C'moan ya pair ae miserable bastards!" We've goat the lead likes, on page 42
say, or dae, will appease the bastards, either. The Great British pu on page 53
telt thum. Pair ae miserable bastards that they are. They two wretc on page 61
epers fae here hate these wee bastards cos their presence obviously on page 69
Also on pages 102, 104, 112, 139, 186, 196
11 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
ay, time tae try wan ae these bastards. Ah take the needle aff mah d on page 2

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
l of you mother-fuckin Scotch bastards, whose is it?' he yellit. on page 53
n the supermairkets ~ thievin bastards that they are an aw - it did on page 72

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
g wis, they wur such friendly bastards, ah couldnae get away wi igno on page 79

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
say, or dae, will appease the bastards, either. The Great British pu
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ery day tryin’ to block the bastards oot. The carpet is threadbare
ect Mesh eh. We’ll sort the bastards oot. Me n you...the Gillespie
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
™m gonnae show these gossipin bastards that Aldo hinks wae his heid
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ither yin ae they two selfish bastards uttered as much as a word ae
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
it valid but some real nasty bastards tae.(2020) search twitter

@alistairdunn tweeted
e so much. Squad of heartless bastards anaw.(2017) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
p there n sort it oot guys - bastards! (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
ind runnan fae the kitcheen. "Bastards! Shite-fer-braens! Fuck." He on page 54

1 matches

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