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The word 'basturt'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
basturtOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.1173
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 82 16 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of basturt in Corpus

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Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
, aw naw, he's a big handsome basturt as well. He's goat this silve on page 1
an. Ye want some another auld basturt in yer life, makin yer precio on page 4
'Clatty basturt,' ah say ae the lassie. Her p on page 7
reak you intae two, ya skinny basturt!' Mo laughs. on page 13
in the caravan windae. Posin basturt. How could he be anyhin else on page 14
Also on pages 20, 22, 24, 27, 28, 104
12 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
"Ayyyyyyyyy ya clatty basturt, you've git pus oan yir face. on page 2

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
get ma ain back oan this big basturt - dae suhin tae wind HIM up on page 75
me. Well take that ya big fat basturt. on page 76
o so brave noo urr ye, ya fat basturt? The polis get oot the motor on page 176

3 matches

General Central

@Chazzbat tweeted
@capnbobfrapples Ye mad basturt. Try no tae brek yer neck, ay(2020)