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Use in varieties of Scots

cursin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.2 9.3 4.5 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2318 3 0 1 0 1
Number of authors16 11 3 1 1

Occurrences of cursin 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

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
u its doors, ilk supportin an cursin ither, an speeled up tae the on page 140

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
a hell brak oot, wi yellin an cursin. Fir, yi maun ken, Freya wis on page 14

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
nom in eis stare, sware-in an cursin, on page 69

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
im staunin on the drill floor cursin at awbodie an awthin didnae r on page 48
hat it wis Geordie swearin an cursin at the tap o his vyce. He got on page 109
ffin bein droppit an somebody cursin. The lads were a bit puzzled on page 110

4 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ae finally recoilt. The cook, cursin the keetchen maid fur not hae on page 8

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
while rairin, squallochin an cursin tae the delicht an pretendit on page 67

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
ces, the exclamations o their cursin, sniggerin in triumph oer two
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
aathegither, cursin an sweirin at the ither drive
1 matches

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
cots. Dreamin ah'm readin it. Cursin in it when ah'm hame alane. I
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
boot. Aside her, Bill wis aye cursin. “Idiots! Idiots! Might hav
wi the lave, Hsien hyterin an cursin, for aa Iskander’s best eff
ae there, an Raggle’s vyce, cursin stievely.
t they were sayin. Raggle’s cursin, which had stoppit, resumet a
iety an the desire tae lauch, cursin an entreatin Fortune unner hi
5 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ipping up oer a tree root and cursin the murky shaddaes, Hazel fou
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
awled intae his jeans an sark Cursin the caul weather Syne walkin on page 15

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
him. As usual Jake wid leave cursin an swearin, aye pittin his bl
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Sanners Gow's Tales and Folklore of the Buchan - The Clootie Dummmplin!, (Ayton Publishing 2017 ISBN: 978-1910601419) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ets aboot the grun. Mair than cursin he made tae pick athing up bu
1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
w Brilliant! I didna see dem (cursin mysel for puttin domesticity (2016) search twitter

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
An it got tae the point o cursin an swearin, an spanners bein on page 9

1 matches

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