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Use in varieties of Scots

cough Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.8 26.2 9 0 11.6 10.3 0
Number of occurrences6152 6 0 2 1 0
Number of authors25 18 5 1 1

Occurrences of cough 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
nety wae this big cuz ae his. Cough, fuckin bullshite, cough, cou on page 8

3 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"Cough up, sir wolf, it's payment ti on page 31

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ies, ongaun sangs o whaize an cough, a turravee or twae aye punct on page 77

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
hroat and ah wis tryin no tae cough and splutter, never mind say on page 7

2 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
The youngest has got a cough each winter on page 48

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
A cough from a distant snug, on page 57
A cough - and then silence - on page 58

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
throat, and ah'm tryin no tae cough and splutter, never mind say on page 14
ixed wi a wet paper towel. Ah cough intae it. on page 15

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
decade later. It started wi a cough, and ah went fur an X-ray o m on page 5
. He desperately tried no tae cough durin the sermon. Ah could se on page 44

3 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
hey dinna hoast—oh no; they cough.
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
He'd nearly cough his heid aff an he looked jis
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
eid at sax months fae whoopin cough. This wis 1910. Her faither h
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah cough. Here we puckin go, ah hink T
st as soon as ah hit send, ah cough. It’s a dry cough. Ah look
. It’s a dry cough. Ah look at ma laptop. Dave a
ot this toon never change. Ah cough. He bolts so fast he could gi
h open ma mooth tae speak but cough insteid.
6 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
he place, just the occasional cough or shout ay encouragement pie
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘ *cough* Hello, Mr. Coyle?’
. O’Henry – Tam. He, eh, *cough* he just passed away there, a
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
innamon baws, toffee doddles, cough candy, coulters candy, moffat
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
y's really sick. He’s had a cough fur as long as ah can remembe
erent fae the way he used tae cough, come fae deeper inside him s
2 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
ye got what ye required re: a cough bottle?.. Likewise tae yersel (2022) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
d tae say MEEEEEEEEEE! But Im COUGH! COUGH! SPLUTTER! SPLUTTER! G(2014) search twitter
Saturday now at end...Cough.. cough...splutter splutter. #Gratefu(2015) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
Surely naebody's offendit?! (cough, it's a tumshie, cough)(2018) search twitter

@weenell3 tweeted
GillDurham @bitchystichy This cough is doin my box in so it's ano (2022) twitter link
tonight. I've another chesty cough starting and needed tae heat (2022) twitter link
?????? i cannae laugh wi this cough ???? (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
@melissaterras @oldnorthroad Cough... ;-) This is by us, fir bai (2018) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
t wee man and stayed local - cough cough lol (2021) twitter link
g work is breathtaking btw - cough cough! (2021) twitter link
the coo shed at fauldhouse - cough cough lol (2021) twitter link
en how tae follow protocol - cough cough lol (2020) twitter link
spur oh the moment comment - cough cough lol (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
oughed again. Nuthin. Anither cough, an Dod pit his haan oot a we on page 107

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
he paper thin waas and so the cough keeps baith o us up half the
Cough.
2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Cough, splutter! A dialect of Engli(2018) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
e aright as long as you dinna cough or sneeze. I coukd wear a mas(2012) search twitter

@Woodside Wullie tweeted
then supposedly followed by a cough fae the bairn’s mither? (2021) twitter link

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
Someone *cough cough* has been paintin at nursery (2018) twitter link

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
his cough disna ease his kingsize carci on page 141

1 matches

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