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Use in varieties of Scots

helluva Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.7 4.5 21 9.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences259 14 1 1 0 0
Number of authors12 8 2 1 1

Occurrences of helluva 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

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Whilst lookin helluva miserable. on page 6
uts "Ye micht be braw but yer helluva glaikit." on page 14

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
But the broken bottle was one helluva advantage. on page 1

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
surprise an ower it went wi a helluva crash. Noo, that’s
1 matches

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
rin th bluidy waws an smelt a helluva reek comin fae th auld broken
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
oneys no ivirithin but it's a helluva handy thing tae huv". She hae
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Ma Granny’s gote a helluva skite Wi’ the left ur wi’
1 matches

@rattlecans tweeted
But eyesight is as close as a helluva lot of folk will get tae re d (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ch as a luv big andy - its a helluva long way tae go tae get knock (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
fist against is chest. "Jist helluva short o win." on page 7
fit: stinkin, irritatin an a helluva job te git redd o." on page 13
jist said, "Ye maun hiv hid a helluva job gettin a dishwaasher inna on page 14
again. "Ah'v seen waar. Ay, a helluva sicht waar." on page 28
lave o the wine. "It maun bi helluva fir you anes te hae te listen on page 37
Also on pages 43, 59, 74, 82
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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ye dinna like aat than ye're helluva ill te please. Wid ye like a on page 28
e ye're aricht? Ye're a maist helluva colour." on page 40

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Weel, ere wis a maist helluva heat, an Ah must hiv leukit l on page 43

1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
e pint in the Victoria bit am helluva fill o win noo(2011) search twitter

Orkney

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Hids been fill and emptied, a helluva lot. on page 73

1 matches

Shetland

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
le. We hed a mark dere at wis helluva göd fur codlins, an we jöst
1 matches

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