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The word 'useless'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
uselessOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.23425
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
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 17.7 4 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.5 6 1
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 3
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 2
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 25.1 5 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 36.3 3 2
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 useless in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A great useless lump on page 120

1 matches

Hollinrake, Fran Flett Assipattle and the Mester Stoorworm, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
aroond him, waark gies oan; a useless fleep, his mither says.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
holidays. Yon twa loons were useless and tattie pickin,. https://t(2020)

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
™ve survived fine withoot the useless muck they’ve sent owre the
1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
in useless licht. At's fan I'd tak on page 23

1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
twa good tunes but overall a useless exercise (2020) twitter link

@daleser23 tweeted
to play fitba anymare. Fuckin useless(2014)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
a shot again like last time! Useless ginger nut replaced w(2018)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
tryin tae visualise tyin this useless joackey tae the back ae ma bu on page 36
lay the race in ma heid. That useless midget bastard, eh? how could on page 61
useless bastard ae a hoarse collapsed on page 77
"That shower ae useless shite" he wid often say. "Ah' on page 95
orious failure fur the club. "Useless Motherfuckers." on page 99
Also on pages 105
6 matches

West Central

Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
wanst the polis and Hayley's useless faimly realised the wean wis on page 102

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Or mibbes some equally useless thing on page 141

1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
liked me, she thocht ah wis a useless get, and she micht hae hud a
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
otherwise it's fuckin useless. on page 114

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
rantit an roarit at the lads. Useless, stupit, subhuman ignoramuses on page 53

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
ed in a furious, futile an’ useless chairge! As we ran taewards t
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
hat they remind us ae aw that useless pish we hud long left behind
1 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
p the notes app. It's full ae useless shite that ah shid probably d on page 3
e tae work ma voicemail; it's useless. The general gist ae the mess on page 9

2 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
'ae be heard. I feel bare an useless, a preposterous imposter. on page 3

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
er leg. Aw while directin two useless bastarts that ur wrestlin wae
1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
nae dae thit!', 'ye're jist a useless big lump!' an' 'och, thaur ye on page

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Women! Useless! Helpless! on page 35

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
atie It's whit they dae best. Useless cunts.(2020)

@ThonJacobite tweeted
be dictated tae by a spoilt, useless chantywrassler like you. The (2021)

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
the ref aswell hei is fuckin useless aswell? #rudkintheref #bestpa(2012)
with a 6-4 win. A waz fuckin useless???? #aligeorgemuckleheed #pop(2012)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
mperial mair than metric. Ahm useless with latter, literally! ??(2020)

South West (Galloway)

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 3, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
its base. Bronze wings provin useless, it toppled doon a hunner fee
1 matches

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