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The word 'bastards'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bastardsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72911
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 30.9 12 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 50.2 10 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 bastards 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

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
ind runnan fae the kitcheen. "Bastards! Shite-fer-braens! Fuck." He on page 54

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
'Ya bastards. I'm no gaun in there!' Hyste on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
us baith: "Ya pair ae sexist bastards! Ah wis talkin aboot gittin w on page 29
"C'moan ya pair ae miserable bastards!" We've goat the lead likes, on page 42
say, or dae, will appease the bastards, either. The Great British pu on page 53
telt thum. Pair ae miserable bastards that they are. They two wretc on page 61
epers fae here hate these wee bastards cos their presence obviously on page 69
Also on pages 102, 104, 112
8 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
say, or dae, will appease the bastards, either. The Great British pu
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
™m gonnae show these gossipin bastards that Aldo hinks wae his heid
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
p there n sort it oot guys - bastards! (2020) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
l of you mother-fuckin Scotch bastards, whose is it?' he yellit. on page 53
n the supermairkets ~ thievin bastards that they are an aw - it did on page 72

2 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ither yin ae they two selfish bastards uttered as much as a word ae
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ere wur yooz? Ya fuckin pussy bastards! Yir mate wis gittin set aboo on page 29
'FUCKIN YOUNG TEAM, YA SCUMMY BASTARDS! A roar, geein them two middl on page 34
s surrounds. The tough-lookin bastards n eld pishy drunks alike - s on page 38
, among a gaggle ae these eld bastards, the voice ae an angel floats on page 39
'HAW YOOZ, YA FUCKIN PUSSY BASTARDS! on page 43
Also on pages 60
7 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
ay, time tae try wan ae these bastards. Ah take the needle aff mah d on page 2

1 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ery day tryin’ to block the bastards oot. The carpet is threadbare
ect Mesh eh. We’ll sort the bastards oot. Me n you...the Gillespie
2 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
So, A call oot the bastards on page 36

1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
it valid but some real nasty bastards tae.(2020)

@alistairdunn tweeted
e so much. Squad of heartless bastards anaw.(2017)

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