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The word 'sarcasm'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sarcasmOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.61211
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 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 sarcasm in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
s by slow packet is pangit wi sarcasm. Whit like is sheu noo i'the on page 71

1 matches

Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
n aristocratic middle names. *sarcasm alert* (2021) twitter link

General Northern

@AMaxwell54 tweeted
north o ih border. It's cryed sarcasm! (2023) twitter link

@Franwella tweeted
nenaylor do i detect a hint o sarcasm?!!(2011)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
lubs financially - a wee bit sarcasm and taking the piss in your r (2021) twitter link
t arse talks down to you with sarcasm in there reply as if your a f (2021) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
uch better - but less ae the sarcasm or yi'll be out on yir ear. A on page 169

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
e in a cuttin wind o scorn an sarcasm. Good luck applying for a job
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
under yir skin, sarcasm pents eis grin on page 69

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ae tae be. McGiver's brand ae sarcasm is easily accessible. Even Br on page 59

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
day he never even noticed the sarcasm.
1 matches

General Central

@bigandymccoll tweeted
y "droppin in" suggestion was sarcasm ??. Still, I'll see ma newest (2022) twitter link