Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'backside'

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Use in varieties of Scots

backside	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	7.8	26	13
ORK - Orkney	19.9	2	1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	29.4	9	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	10.5	1	1
DOR - General Northern	17.7	4	2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	12.9	5	3
WCE - West Central	8.9	2	2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire	10.7	1	1
LAL - General Central	1.3	1	1
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 backside 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.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
a bit o reinforcement at the backside and the crutch. on page 47
Sheu threatens tae warm me backside - "Aye - the back o me hand on page 53

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
re bit o cloot at hung it the backside o'is suit briks. "Leuk it the on page 20
n em inside oot an haudin the backside up te the licht. on page 73
tail o er blouse doon ower er backside. "At's mebbe nae the chiks ye on page 83

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ish aff bi skelpin her on the backside wi a weet cloot. on page 12
tin Donald in myn o the cat's backside. He sighed an closed his een: on page 36
in oota the bed an pattin her backside. "Ah like a bittie beef on a on page 68

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ot er assets. "Like a bairn's backside." on page 29
oan the sturdy side wi a big backside an a chest te maatch, bit she on page 40
time - gratefu it's only ma backside at's dottled. Bit Ah s'pose E on page 45

3 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
y. He must hae gien Abbie’s backside aboot thirty slaps, an the lo
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
n Fittit an kicked him up the backside ." Hardie Tackle
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ithing!Got up late, sat on ma backside in comfies watching TV a'day.(2017)
ery meat! Like eating a rat's backside! Nae that aff tried that! ?? (2018)
lippers on, awa tae sit on ma backside on the cooch & knock knock ev(2019)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
lan scratched his backside an said nowt. I kent afore he on page 1

3 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
or again. "Wid ye get aff yer backside an let me in, Bobby? Ye must' on page 29

1 matches

Letford, William Bevel, (Carcanet 2012 ISBN: 978 1 84777 192 6) Central - Stirling, poetry
nside ootside upside doonside backside frontside
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
aid, Ah forgot. She said, Yir backside. Ah said, Ah did ah forgot. S on page 20

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
aid, Ah forgot. She said, Yir backside . Ah said, Ah did ah forgot. S
1 matches

Ayrshire

Wallace, Lorna A Scot’s Lament fur her American Fellows (Oan their election of a tangerine gabshite walloper)., (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2016) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
A skelped backside .
1 matches

General Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
urnt a hair.Mairshall has his backside off the stool and his brogues on page 72

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
only goes an sits flat on its backside an smiles et me! An actual ch
1 matches