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Use in varieties of Scots

butt Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.4 4 5.9 0 5.8 10.3 19.4
Number of occurrences188 4 0 1 1 4
Number of authors13 5 2 1 1 4

Occurrences of butt in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
wummin. Nae friggin hope. The butt end. That's aw he was. on page 1

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
t a dunt on the heid frae the butt o a pistol . . . an that's aa on page 61

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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
n daein they wuid be made the butt o sic humour as they wuidnae on page 97

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“Thoo just butt oot, pal,” Bill telt him in
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
ily an tae kick negativitiy's butt! Happy New Year fae Scotland!(2014) search twitter
t had Coaching session and ma butt kicked (not literally) by @Je(2015) search twitter
abby interview, and kicked ma butt intae gear! Hope tae be doin (2015) search twitter
tch telly.....if no...GET YIR BUTT INTAE GYM?X(2015) search twitter

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ower ten meenits. A tried ta butt in wi a
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Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
t as ye could and tae hud the butt o yer rifle ower yer bawsacks
if a bullet did hit yer rifle butt then it widna be neen worse t
gapooch and a shattered rifle butt. Jesus! Thinkin aboot it broc
3 matches

Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Left owir fæ pæprin butt on page 27

1 matches

Southern

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
, an the gamekeeper swung the butt o his gun at her heid. The mu
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Ulster

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
"Jim ye're right," I butt in sharp, "Bonds twixt times on page 59

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Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Buttérlumps on page 52

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Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
e said wile humbly. "A'll naw butt in on yae agane. A dar say th on page 74

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@the_gellick tweeted
holic "Burn" is a wee river; "butt" mair difficult - bit o grun (2015) twitter link

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