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The word 'selfish'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
selfishOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.82618
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.9 5 3
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 31 5 3
GLA - Glasgow 25.1 5 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
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 selfish in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I felt a bittie selfish fur wir money wis gey tight on page 3

1 matches

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
y ir joost too privileged and selfish - dey canni fathom goin weoo (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Please yersel, ye selfish divil!" skirled Winnie. "Ye c on page 21

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Is at nae a bit o a selfish attitude te ging throwe life on page 15

1 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Ah'm selfish ye see on page 17

1 matches

(South) East Central

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
"Dinnae be sicht a selfish wee besom. Mah God, Aggie's m on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
wis ah meant tae ken that the selfish bastard ah'd backed that day on page 60
ponder tae masel aboot what a Selfish cunt he wis in the timin. Mea on page 75

2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e fines - time to make these selfish car drivers pay and make way (2021) twitter link
@jimwaterson we do live in a selfish chaotic society - get your f (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ked Charlene (even if she wis selfish an a liar an a thief) cause s on page 82
er thought Murray could be so selfish not thinkin about Davy an T i on page 169

2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
ee walkers”. The thankless, selfish, talkers.
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
didna think thoo wad be that selfish.”
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ed by some ae the toons maist selfish erseholes. Who are busy cough
ikes. Neither yin ae they two selfish bastards uttered as much as a
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ut ah’m a fuckin coprse, ya selfish cunt.’’
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Selfish-like on page 28

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
t, mibbe oor Daisy isnae bein selfish fur once in her life. But ah on page 28

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
hings, stupit hings, terrible selfish hings, bizarre hings, hings t on page 3

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Telt her she wis the wan bein selfish, protractin the bloody thing.
1 matches

General Central

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
es and My Laird says she is a selfish - I will not repeat the word on page 3

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Think ainly I've no selfish fasht on page 60

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Gruggie, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
slee, selfish forlaithie, scurge o society; on page 74

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@Chazzbat tweeted
r. Thur's nae excuse. Stupit, selfish bint! ?? https://t.co/6sTkGce(2020)

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