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The word 'pathetic'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
patheticOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.82615
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 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 74.3 7 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 3
GLA - Glasgow 30.1 6 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 pathetic 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.

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
e.” Abbie’s vyce wis affa pathetic. “He winna touch you, but h
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
reid – I didna realise hoo pathetic I’d soond.
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(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e managed approach is getting pathetic imo! (2020) twitter link
- a actually cringed at her pathetic explanation - she is defo no (2021) twitter link

West Central

Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
ed - a nice lassie, but awfy pathetic. For six months efter we got on page 102

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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
Labour Pairty (in England) is pathetic. The policy o showin competen on page 9
u, there hid awready been the pathetic seetuation o there bein twa E on page 43
ally bereft, self-deracinated pathetic bunch o wee hingers-on that s on page 64
le doot that amang some o the pathetic hacks that constitute sica pr on page 81
e been turnin theirsels intae pathetic imitations o the suddron aris on page 83
Also on pages 137
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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
eens were broken-hairtit. The pathetic cratur in front o them began on page 90

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Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
her side for ah hink it’s a pathetic fallout fae both of them. Tha
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e engineer saw him leukin. “Pathetic, intit?” he sayed. “No wh
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
he fridge before littin oot a pathetic, tired yawn. At this point ah
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Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
empts tae continue teachin in pathetic futility. on page 2
e ye." Aonghas musta seen the pathetic longin in ma eyes. They play on page 3

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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
l!’ ah sais, recognisin the pathetic nature ay the statement.
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
As much as ah recognise the pathetic nature ay his joy - that his
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General Central

Goodbrand Saunders, Donald Lallans 67 - Twa Owresettins frae Heine, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Dear God! How pathetic this on page 55

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McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
sin triumph o the Tories, the pathetic failure o Labour an the fentl
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@Chazzbat tweeted
ven bother wi this storyline? Pathetic. #Corrie(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
same tweet. Cummings says so. Pathetic(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
is a kinna hame-gaun tho in a pathetic mainer sum. on page 21

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