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The word 'couthy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
couthyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92317
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 13.1 10 7
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 couthy in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Harper, Edith Soon Awa, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2021) Doric, poetry
They wir couthy mind, bit couldna jink the tr
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
a douce an canty wumman wi a couthy kwintra tongue wad fyles ente on page 55

1 matches

(South) East Central

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
tream media as long as it’s couthy, cute, an associated wi Kaily
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
He's a couthy bloke wi a muckle mooth,
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
s door and asked if he wid be couthy eneuch tae let her see the fa on page 36
much. And ma auntie wisnae a couthy body. Ma faither never kent b on page 190

2 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
in some guid Scots words like couthy, or houghmagandie (no in prim
1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
isterfu labour o luve for the couthy Scots o the Nor-East, is foon on page vi
lend tae the lilt. Ruth is a couthy ilka-day tale o kintra weemen on page viii

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
Ramsay's words were couthy, confeeran on page 112

1 matches

Glasgow

Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
te and wycelike, and joco and couthy tae. A uised the inlat tae we
1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
umed. Faither didnae like the couthy image o Scotland set furth by on page 16

2 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
n aboot onythin muckle at aw. Couthy folk smile a lot, and Preciou on page 2

1 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ht, mair popular, an een mair couthy in the yin-act format, aften on page 37

3 matches

Keaveney, Marcus Lallans 102 - Bein a Wid Tink, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
r-awthawids, moss-hoachin and couthy. Sweet reek o foustie liefs a on page 71

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
y, I ken that fine,' said the couthy Brock. on page 59

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
3. Couthy Chiels on page 72

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 58 - The Sang o the Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
o Buchan are the hame grun o couthy Jock Duncan, wha wis born int on page 77

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
poems are suffused wi aa the couthy an pithy saws o his bairntid: on page 134

1 matches

Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
o mystical romantic pooers or couthy hameliness. An we ocht tae le
1 matches

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