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buggers Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.8 11.6 9 9.9 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences3223 6 1 2 0 0
Number of authors16 9 4 1 2

Occurrences of buggers in Corpus

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Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
aid, "That feinishes it, thir buggers is on the road oot!" on page 26

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
et away wi it, ah'd wring the buggers' necks, Granda said. on page 7

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
n his ain back on thae uppity buggers o the Vigil that jist didnae on page 109

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
aa the puir buggers tae daith that owes him a sin on page 110
The puir auld buggers, they hudnae a clue, on page 145

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
unch, and teachers are snobby buggers. on page 16

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
're no fit tae work. The poor buggers wur crawlin roond oan their h on page 63

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
common! An us baith wee derk buggers! We could of been brithers. on page 136

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Awa an pley elsewhaur, ye wee buggers" follaed thaim frae oot amang on page 63

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
We are the biggers, puir buggers,
We are the biggers, puir buggers,
We are the biggers, puir buggers,
but dinna tak tent o thae buggers -
4 matches

Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
s enough ay the bloody silly buggers fur wan day.’ ah sais, an h
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ce him tae stoap playin silly buggers an let me in.
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ome hell or high water, those buggers are floggin as many pizza cru
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McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
frae aff their noses, (silly buggers - serves them right - while
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
l ma legs, let alane move the buggers! A hae a future bit yin that'
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
lassies, took the huff an’ buggers aff! Whit dae ye dae, a caref
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
e hockey pitch, chase the the buggers aff! This happened almost eve
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
m o’ Scottish Rugby!” The buggers didni’ even gie me a ticket
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
a warnin tae haud awa fae the buggers. It wis, he remindit hissel,
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
their necks. "Got ye, ye wee buggers! It wis you that flung the sn on page 30

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
.Ah hate aat - ill-fashioned buggers!" on page 26

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
"it wis the bress hatted ... buggers ... in Berlin an London that on page 19

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Hutchison, Pat Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes, (McStorytellers.com 2018) Doric - Banffshire, prose
he’d a herd an a haaf o the buggers rinnin aboot the place somewy
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d been roasted alive. “Poor buggers!” said the pathologist “T
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TheChielMeister Nae mince in Moray, (youtube.com 2008) Doric, poetry
Oan tae thae buggers at Interpol
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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
ur God's sake, they're weeked buggers wae drink (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
wis awash wi codlin, gret big buggers. Twa hunder an sixty boxes we
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
spewed on. Ungrateful peerie buggers ?? https://t.co/WLd8PXPuRT(2019) search twitter

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