A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'fud'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fudOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12713
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 140.7 4 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.1 10 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 36.3 3 1
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 fud in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

@JamesAmcvean tweeted
@crit_gen Blocked you fud(2020)
@GlennBBC @scotgov Er... fud(2021)
@Political_AlanS Fud(2020)
@NJ_Timothy Fud (2021) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
, stridie-leggit an barin hir fud, like a droont, greyin rotten
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
I liked Erchie. This boy is a fud. ??(2020)

General Northern

@daleser23 tweeted
RossAndrew7 soiled or damp ye fud(2013)
@rossandrew_ hes a fud honestly(2014)
@RossAndrew7 wise up ye fud(2013)

(South) East Central

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
bodie cries, She’s hurt her fud, she’s hurt her fud! Ye sai
, she’s hurt her fud! Ye sais, I huv not.
2 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
Don’t be a fud, #WearAMask https://t.co/2qVP(2020)

West Central

@annieones tweeted
tae a tee..... a callt him a fud yesterdae ?? (2021) twitter link

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
nal." The fuck dis that mean? Fud. Absolute cretin. Right enoug on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
n place, fae John Lewis’ ‘Fud the Dragon’ (in Scotland: V
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
excuse for as you say being a fud ??(2020)
99jjs Might as well call me a fud a wis listening tae it ?? ??(2020)
e that there's a reason I'm a fud... ??(2020)
@jjs999jjs Smart but a fud, how I survive is a mystery ?(2020)
@jjs999jjs Should have said fud but dammit.(2020)

@weenell3 tweeted
reminding that you're still a Fud (2022) twitter link
@Ottojizzmark The Fud (2022) twitter link

@LowEndJardo tweeted
Fud on the mind, fud on tap https://t.co/PWDatuHMz (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
‘A’ generation ago! Whit a fud, he is! ????(2020)
National Dream oan, ye fuckin fud! Naebody want ye tae be FM! F(2020)
Fuckin sick fud! ?????? https://t.co/1JvuECfl(2020)