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couthie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words22.5 26.7 10.6 0 0 82.7 22.1
Number of occurrences7252 7 0 0 8 5
Number of authors33 26 3 2 2

Occurrences of couthie in Corpus

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Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
i say, speakin til her mither couthie-like, but no minchin her word on page 23

1 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
An Jessie's couthie manner keeps me richt, on page 8
Whyles wi couthie words in soothing lilt, on page 13
Wi thaur blessed couthie chatter. on page 16

3 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
'Leuk! It's bein couthie. It juist wants tae play!' we on page 63

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
O bluidlust, couthie, douce an meek; on page 91

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
Collegianer: Ai, whatna couthie sowl! She's ower guid for ti on page 47
edna walk ava. Thon fermer is couthie for aw his blaw. Weill he ken on page 48

2 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
that rins its couthie crack fae Prestonmill on page 25
o life. Nae couthie bells soond owre the port on page 77

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Pigs are couthie. Hooanever, on page 41

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
e libary. Mrs Phelps is awfie couthie. She gies me a haund tae pick on page 74
t interests at hert. They are couthie. They are fair and tak a rich on page 76
that's there's nae point bein couthie tae bairns. Read Mcholas Nick on page 149
s jist wan body, wan wise and couthie grown-up, wha could help her on page 164

4 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
Maist grannies are douce, couthie, helpfu auld buddies, but no on page 2

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
Is a couthie kind o habit on page 52
, and 'Ah, it's yersel,' in a couthie wey tae the wee-er yins, he w on page 70
d, but he kent it wis me. Gey couthie o him, I thocht. Upsteerin.' on page 122
Bear, a Bear wi a Cantie and Couthie Set tae him but a Fair Flegso on page 154

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Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
o thae cantie spuds and the couthie swedes. on page 13

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
oked at each ither. Mebbe, wi couthie Judge Strauss and her library on page 40

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
O bluidlust, couthie, douce an meek; on page 53

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
, Ma een aw red, ma poems get couthie. on page 43

1 matches

Robertson, James The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Lassie in the Snaw, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
e, that had aye luved her, aw couthie and bonnie and sheenin wi smi on page 53

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
O bluidlust, couthie, douce an meek; on page 91

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
n bothies thay uphaud. A mair couthie an cosy ruif ower the heid ca on page 65

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
gin blads aff ither!). It's a couthie eneuch enn ti a weill-wrocht on page 138
hter, Meg. She is hamelie but couthie, an hir maist kenspekkil feat on page 139
eik. The hinmaist eimage is a couthie ane, shawin maister an dug in on page 141
his poem conteins sum deep an couthie insichts intil the inequaliti on page 142

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
l (an A'm shuir we aw hae oor couthie memories). on page 6

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ard hes mum lauchin. A laigh, couthie soond. ‘Here,’ seyd Annie
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
A couthie word described in the Oxford
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
ar traditional spellins like "couthie" that A think Scots spaekers
ae traditional spellins like "couthie" (couth + ie), an still uize
2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
ilie, gaitherin hiz feit wi a couthie lauch. “In thaim ir out oâ€
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - The Man Wha Jeopardeized The Continued Existence O The Universe, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
the shouther, couthie-like. "Ilk time ye see a fall
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
it an straucht-forrit, wi nae couthie owerlay o affabeility
1 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
r it wis exportit amang ither couthie eetems o Breetishness. (Coors
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
haes come tae be thocht on as couthie, happit in tartan, the bellum
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
actly conducive tae a lang an couthie life. The diet wis healthy en
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
gogs an the lik, but he wis a couthie man an didnae clype on us tae
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
n pig, that haed a cannie and couthie leuk aboot him, for aa that h
1 matches

Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
nivver hae a future ayont the couthie an the colloquial. Aifter aw,
1 matches

Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
Scots humorous fowk, yaisin a couthie wurd here an there tae tell a
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
warnin Allan tae stay in this couthie stied, or risk a naistie shoc
1 matches

solonggaybowser Merlin's Bairns, (archiveofourown.org 2020) Central, prose
ickerly wull. Cranachan's gey couthie, an Toffee an aw aince he ken
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Guid Fences Mak Guid Neibours, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Yin couthie meenit they'r clappin yer cro
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Couthie an jonick tae vizzie an wecht
1 matches

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
owpin tae pit it intae a mair couthie tid wi a fraise. "I've been i on page 27

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
k.. Maist o their neebors war couthie eneuch, gin their spik cud fy
wee box foraye, till somebody couthie an kind like Pranny lats it o
2 matches

Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
wee bit – bi this pynt the couthie quine wis a naitural at daein
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
imes they didna. This year, a couthie wee faimily bedd in the wee c
kent that he wis a kind an a couthie craitur. Bit fit they DIDNA k
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Spikk o the Nor East Leid, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Doric, poetry
Milne, aa in the auld wirds, couthie, bonnie
1 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Still tho, yer couthie vyces, yer nichtingales, awau on page 215

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
Whit a braw day and whit gey couthie weans yaisin an giein oot the(2020) search twitter
her. 85 noo but gaun oan 25, couthie as ye like.(2020) search twitter
sae sterts a hail new wheen o couthie sklentiefruit-relatit saws an(2020) search twitter
waa. Nae Scots but ithergaits couthie eh. https://t.co/obP5KBZjO2(2020) search twitter
ither contexts forby. It's no couthie wather the noo!(2020) search twitter
and 2 other occurrences.

Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
gyely in tha growe'th o mair couthie patent shapes an respeck fur on page 37
heirskip an cultùr in a mair couthie an heich-stannèrt wye. on page 39
yins 'at taaks it. We maun be couthie in hannlin leid maittèrs tha on page 43
Tha Chairtèr compluthers 'at couthie wark micht be necessar furtae on page 44

4 matches

Smyth, Anne I Corinthians 13, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster, prose
Luive tholes at, an is couthie; luive disnae leuk tae hae an
1 matches

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