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The word 'contempt'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
contemptOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.32717
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 63.7 6 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 22.8 5 3
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 contempt in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
mless banter hid curdled inte contempt. on page 20

1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
Gray's School of Art a look o contempt in the passin. "Fit div they on page 30

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
dis treat us wi contempt, tae pit the fear o hell inta
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
dership. Ah mean, where's her contempt fur the common man, eh?" Wher on page 55
tae remember, likes. His open contempt fur the club and its players on page 96

2 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
rship. Ah mean, where’s her contempt fur the common man, eh?’’
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Wi fierce contempt warn't thaim tae haud awa on page 14

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
bein the ootcome o the utter contempt fer the electorate felt bi th on page 41
e jist treatin us aw wi utter contempt, they are clearly no jist as on page 55
the rest o humanity in utter contempt an beliey, we're aw here jist on page 112

5 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
nie wi a look o utter rage an contempt. Withoot a ward tae the lads on page 101

1 matches

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
leukit at him wi undisguisit contempt. on page 8

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ou!" said the Caterpillar wae contempt. "An who ir you?" on page 45
d the Doo, in a tone ae total contempt. "Ah've seen plenty o wee las on page 53

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ooks again at me wae a burnin contempt an continues oan her waiy.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
es, obscurin them, elicitin a contempt in me again — fur Tam initi
1 matches

Piondargas, Criostoir , (no publisher recorded 2015) Central, prose
in tae read hou mony fowk hae contempt for the Gaelic. A've got bait
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
s!" sniffed the Cushie Doo in contempt. "I've seen a guid wheen wee on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Gien it the contempt it deserved, on page 11

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Mary: Ye hadd me in contempt! That I can see. on page 35

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
nd anither yaised as a term o contempt for a sma sleekit bodie frae
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
it to be prentit in London in contempt o our native langage https://(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
said th doo, in a voice fu o contempt. "Ah've seen a guid mony wee on page 52
er said, tossing heis heid wi contempt. "Ah dare say ee ne'er even s on page 69

2 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
igeon in a tone o the deepest contempt. "A hae seen monies a weelàs on page 53

1 matches

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