A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of bloody in Corpus

Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
e Fife. Sorry for yer loss, a bloody thing, the cancer, a richt sh on page 79

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
e road, faces stingin n red n bloody, but proud. The troops spot t on page 21
tracksuit filthy n he's git a bloody nose. He's just a cheeky wee on page 28
first time. "Yi dinnae bring bloody weapons tae school! That's wh on page 55
'Always the bloody same, Mr McGiver: on page 59

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
life then. Bein attacked. Yin bloody mess blurred intae anither. T on page 1

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Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
'If ye coulda jist won that bloody race. Is that no all ye could on page 41

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
A'm no a bloody lesson, I'm no somethin that on page 14
f A could jist get oot ma ain bloody way on page 17
A'm the bloody artist, mate, 'm no the silen on page 26
An fill a bloody book. on page 37

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
e bams at ma auld school were bloody arsonists. on page 7

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Out o the road o' those bloody big guns' on page 50

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
y tae turn up at the door wae bloody Pudsey the Bear in tow. Aw, w on page 15
boot take the door oaf at the bloody hinges. Fraser comes chargin on page 16

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
er sang written fae eftir the bloody days that follaed Culloden, t on page 71

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
e the same the day, cryin him Bloody Clavers. Stories survive beca on page 116

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
e neds at ma auld school were bloody arsonists. on page 20

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Donald laughs. 'Ah should bloody well hope so.' on page xiii
s. He wis a handsome man bute bloody useless in a crisis. 'Sandra on page xvi
ettin that auld witch away wi bloody murder.' on page 1
'Grow a bloody backbone!' Da shouts in ma ea on page 8
Brennan sister pond, and she bloody well knew it. Aw because she on page 9
Also on pages 11, 13, 33, 35, 38
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Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
a hand in ma pocket aa night, bloody great it wis!. on page 136

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Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Antibiotics for the Bloody Flux, on page 123

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Dornan, Stephen Eemis Stane 1 - Lees an Crams, or Ossian on the Death of Cuchullin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Cuchullin uplifted his spear, bloody-reekin, on page 22

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Hou dae ye ken? Forby, nae bloody wunner, on page 23
ding-dang o riptures the hale bloody thing's riptured on page 26

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Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
"It's bloody baltic oot here. Dunno why yo
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Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
These guys are the goods but. Bloody perfectionists.’
eir haunds. Too many of these bloody property shows
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Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ay forceful knocks, like the bloody polis at yer door, so it is.
‘How am ah supposed tae bloody know eh? It’d need tae be s
d in his livin room feart tae bloody breathe an ah get tae thinkin
n he wis right. The sentiment bloody remains.
�Naw yer no Coyle! Dae as yer bloody telt. Ah’ve no goat the mon
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
gh an shout, ‘Tam! Open the bloody door, it’s freezin oot here
only there’s nothin oan the bloody thing, just thon interference
Ah’m bloody arse oer elbow in a heap oan
nymare, ye see? Ready fur the bloody knackers yard, ah’m tellin
you makin aw that racket? Ya bloody clown, ye! Here, gies yer hau
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Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
eds staunin drinking, makin a bloody nuisance ay themselves. There
ating it aff them either. Too bloody interestit in pullin drivers
er when aw the polis were big bloody hielenders, big six fit odd f
hey’re getting away wae it. Bloody laughin, they ur. Laughin at
al workers, an the left-wing, bloody greetin faced arseholes that
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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Guru Dhadakata dil or Archie bloody Hamilton?’ he sais tappin h
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
lace! Ah’m no your personal bloody skivvy Daniel Coyle.’ she s
‘Bloody smart arse, eh? It is your bl
smart arse, eh? It is your bloody fault. It became your fault t
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Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
llection ay rubbish the local bloody haufwits like to fling oer th
enever the notion takes them. Bloody animals. Nae respect, the blo
animals. Nae respect, the bloody swines. They widnae’ve dare
s ago cos they’d huv goat a bloody good hidin fur that kinda ker
ah’m phoning that shower ay bloody arseholes. They just want me
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Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ma mind drifts back tae that bloody day.
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
rus doesne kill me, the cauld bloody will. It’s just ma luck.
“There wis nae bloody owl!” ah say.
noo, but the hoose feels like bloody Tenerife. This is it, ah fear
n—the way ah felt before ma bloody root canal and when it didnae
Yer facin yer fears like a bloody champ.
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Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
it ower tae a charlatan fur a bloody ghost.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
o meals and bloody peels
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ion "....can draw to save yur bloody lives". In the mids o aw this
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
t wi these soothsiders, every bloody place has got tae stert wi a
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
mornin’ an announced, “At bloody last! We’ve finished! T.F.F
Mak’ shair it bloody floats!”
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McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
the smitt, cause it became a bloody epidemic latterly! A digress!
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Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
nicht since she’d made her bloody signature, Ailsa went wanderi
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
it.” He steert the fire. “Bloody Chinese, I bet you,” he say
brak the silence. “It’s a bloody shame,” he sayed, gaun ower
“He’s a bloody cool customer,” sayed Bill.
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
bbitin oan aboot aw manner ay bloody contradictory, ill-informed g
. Ah don’t, of course, no a bloody bit ay it, but ah’ve no goa
ark satanic mills look like a bloody Butlin’s hoaliday camp. Sti
ll though, we didnae know any bloody different. Ye just goat oan w
e last time ah cut it. Like a bloody field ay wheat, it is, makin
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Coyne, Hilary The giant’s wife – or Ailsa the irked, (hilarycoyne.com/ 2021) Central, prose
lair and kicked him under the bloody table! Ever since he heard te
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Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Ah’ll huv tae get the bloody door open first, mind. Three
t, mind. Three sheets tae the bloody wind, we ur. Still though, it
here tae hear ye in the first bloody place.’
‘Ya bloody clown, ye! That’s you aw oe
Stumblin through life fae wan bloody disaster tae the next. Look a
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
? A pint of what? I ain’t a bloody mind reader, pal.’
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Wallace, Lorna Tae A Selfie, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2014) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Sae bloody steamin’.
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Facebook link ( 2021) Central
The encooonter wis hard an bloody. The dragoons cudna believe h

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@19Mcculley Aye ??. It’s bloody Clarksville ????(2020) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
here.. Aye it's dry, but it's bloody cauld oot there.. IMPORTANT.. (2023) twitter link
.... If so, don't knock it... Bloody freezing here mate... ?? ?? . (2023) twitter link
ne thing I noticed when oot.. Bloody cauld it is... ??.. I'm away (2023) twitter link
That's us back.. Bloody chilly oot there..Anyhoos, th (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
@POPSUGAR Bloody ridiculous airticle. The scri(2020) search twitter

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
an somethin strong tae drink. Bloody Waitrose! ?? (2022) twitter link
injlansdell @clouise81 An nae bloody cooncil juice wi yer friends (2022) twitter link
el hen, get it doon ye an nae bloody cooncil juice! (2022) twitter link
w yer talkin gorgeous and nae bloody dilutin wi it! ?? (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
t drips oot mothers gobs wi a bloody man, if ye don't mind (2022) twitter link
"GET TAE FUCK YA BLOODY BITCH! TELLIN ME WHEN I'VE TA (2022) twitter link
e fuck can afford tae use the bloody oven anyhoo? (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
bloody hell - thats a shock n a hal (2021) twitter link

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
vania 6-5-0-0-0'; an Ah drink Bloody Marys. (Conrad hings his heid on page 40

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Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
bloody reid herts (maistly ither fol on page 31

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Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
e quine, I've nae interest in bloody combines, bit of coorse I wid on page 94

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
n't so's posterity'll ken fit bloody eedjit wis the maistermyne ah on page 8

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Souns bloody expensive an aa," grumphed Mo on page 7
rinnin an caain you 'darlin'. Bloody chuncer!" on page 8
itted Morrice. "It's jist ess bloody heat...it maks ma aat ill-nai on page 9
he his? Struttin aboot like a bloody turkey cock." on page 10
jist skytin ower ma - fit a bloody waste o time!" on page 11
Also on pages 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 25, 31, 34, 39, 40, 54, 61, 69, 70, 71, 72, 81, 82, 86
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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
e've all lost friends in this bloody war. I know you all like Gavi on page 17
was waur yet. Ay, that wis a bloody shame. An nae pension, of cou on page 18

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
here, teerin't aa up wi that bloody Tracter o yours, an it's time on page 89

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
sure o that! Aye, Ah’ll mak bloody sure o that!” screeched Ait
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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Jonsar Eck roars. "At's your bloody stink" Somewye or ither the w
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
kent it wid happen. The hale bloody greenhoose came doon on the t
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Bowie, Tyler Stookie, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
id broken ma airm. Noo am ina bloody cast fae the tips of ma finge
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tae her guts fin she saw the bloody scratch marks faar her neebou
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Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
entrenchin tools in a vicious bloody fecht. Douglas used his broo
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Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
n in ma eye , dinna be sick a bloody sissy min ,you be quiet said
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@72redz1903 tweeted
get where I am today without bloody hard work! Listen tae yirsel (2020) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
her coal fae her she'd then! Bloody cheek(2016) search twitter
r that stopped gan past wis a bloody taxi hoping fer a fare as kne(2016) search twitter
Just hope that bloody neighbours yapping dug disnae(2016) search twitter
Ma bloody gout has made an appearance a(2016) search twitter
that shite was on! Fit next? Bloody idiots coming aff yon boats(2016) search twitter
and 5 other occurrences.

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
eese aht growin het peppers. Bloody things were as het as a tamat(2019) search twitter
@aduncan59 @Ali_Leith Tak yer bloody haun aff aat.(2020) search twitter

Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
_rpm Are you no done wae that bloody hoose yet!?? (2021) twitter link

Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
ck in on me brak tae say at I bloody love books.(2021) search twitter

Southern

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Sure it bloody near kent whut ye'd ate!! on page 57

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@OrangRuth tweeted
3 shots of Bucky, he laughed. Bloody Christians(2016) search twitter

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
thank you in advance ??????! Bloody rabbit, Wee Dug was in the mi (2021) twitter link