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The word 'ouch'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ouchOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.82611
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 22.2 5 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 38.7 15 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 ouch 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.

General Northern

@daleser23 tweeted
@MReaich ouch. Ats a fuckin shithole min.(2013)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
as fer that song that won it! Ouch ouch, chickachicka, ouch ouch(2018)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
It wis 'Ouch!' - 'Thon's a sensitive pairt on page 18

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
JESSIE: Ouch, he's hot! Whaur's ma oven gl on page 63

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ind n pit the gas oan then - ouch lol (2020) twitter link
ch invasion fae the hutchi - ouch lol (2020) twitter link
will progress quicker noo - ouch lol (2020) twitter link
laid on - the special one - ouch lol (2020) twitter link
lly) by gilbert o sullivan - ouch lol (2020) twitter link
and 8 other occurrences.

West Central

@annieones tweeted
kins @ColRobertson18 @MizLiot Ouch naw, if he's big enough tae g (2021) twitter link

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
Ouch. on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 83 - Born Hamelt, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Ouch! on page 78

1 matches

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
'Ouch!' cried Tam as he hit the gru on page 48

1 matches

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
ll them oot wi a claw hammer?#ouch(2013)

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
ouch ye English bastirt! - on page 42

1 matches

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