Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'utter'

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Use in varieties of Scots

utter	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	19.2	64	29
ORK - Orkney	19.9	2	1
SHD - Shetland	11.6	2	2
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	335.6	3	1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	10.5	1	1
DOR - General Northern	26.6	6	3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	9.8	4	2
WCE - West Central	13.3	3	2
DUN - Dundee	138.1	13	1
EDN - Edinburgh	24.8	4	3
GLA - Glasgow	5.1	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	22.3	17	10
SEA - South East (Borders)	60.6	5	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)	27.9	2	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 utter 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
Such pride and utter silly pleasure. on page 27
r haard her curse her luck or utter wan complaint. on page 35

2 matches

Shetland

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
ie. Not a soond did we mak or utter .
1 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
@unstlass80 Dats utter shite!! (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
An afore she could utter a myowt, her faither wis deid
1 matches

Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
ithoot a mask oan or even the utter Chunts that expose their nose (2022) twitter link
English are feckin bams man...utter wallopers...need a good slap (2022) twitter link
tae wet massell laffin at the utter garbage spouted oan here...ha (2021) twitter link

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
wis up an awa afore Ah could utter a cheep; he didna rin, he gal on page 14

1 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
in custody an hid refused tae utter a word. He also realised ane on page 118

1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
bile yir heid ye gowk - fit utter nonsense (2022) twitter link
llacaledonia @Fergie_Kate Fit utter shite (2022) twitter link
e anybody that can watch that utter car crash of an address to th (2020) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ard earned cash watching this utter ??#sfa #Strachan(2016)
is yon tweet thingy, bit this utter nonsense that ye rabble on ab(2018)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
he laminated flair but tae ma utter dismay. This fails tae huv th on page 48
ig seems tae be in a state ae utter disbelief. on page 77
Tae ma surprise, and utter disgust, the boay laughs in m on page 161

3 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@RyanMusselburgh the game wis utter gash m8 - n thats being poli (2021) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Rob Roy wid beam wi utter glee, At thon pair's fly 'sne on page 211

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
(Utter nonsense richt enow, on page 146

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Mindin on Willie McIlvanney, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Bellshill, blog
hae be born o these shores in utter wanhowp at his kintra an kint
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
bsessit elites, bit it is the utter antithesis o the verra notion on page 38
THE UTTER BOURACH unfoldin at Westminst on page 41
The utter an remorseless bias o the VoW on page 49
that the Trident test wis an utter disaster bit the facks were k on page 55
ts wards an ye cin hear their utter embarrassment in the fack tha on page 64
Also on pages 90, 100, 112
10 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ae the o1m's face an a look o utter disbelief cam ower it as he r on page 51
xit on the mannie wi a look o utter rage an contempt. Withoot a w on page 101
tae fleg the bairns than the utter epitome o transcendent evil t on page 117

3 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie O pigs and dugs: what for dae we treat them sae different?, (Mak Forrit 2024) Central - Edinburgh, blog
intae the camera wi a leuk o utter fricht on their face.
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
erious, intent on a mission o utter despair, the unsexin o thair
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ther ae thum are aware ae the utter mind fuck that ah’m current
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
hert oan his sleeve’’ ah utter in a soft voice. Before crack
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
love these places, that sell utter shyte, wee rings wi Celtic we on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
brood, or, tae be mair exact, utter toomness o mind as he gaed fo on page 134

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
that playing Saint Joan, it's utter hypocricy.' on page 46

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
wis nae caird. Then, tae her utter bumbazement, the dug spak.
1 matches

Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
uin stairtit dirlin; it wis a utter guddle. Nae the gist or the g
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
e? Wad this no be proof o the utter evil an bleck-hairtit malice
1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
! We're well yaised tae their utter p%%%% an misinformation campa (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
The new #SpittingImage is utter shite. It's no funny an the i(2020)
clyffe Wis that thur reason?! Utter baws! It's acause he's black.(2020)
The replies tae this utter tripe ur marvellous. https://(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
wer the winter months. Yer an utter disgrace o a human. I'm quite(2020)
tudents during this time. So, utter shite here John(2020)
icht, the Vine show is keech. Utter keech in fact.(2020)
g oan the night John. Tele is utter shecht. Yince the wee grandso(2020)
re's nae ither thing tae say. Utter keach(2020)

@weenell3 tweeted
cked half of Scotland. Sounds utter chaos tae me! (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
wer the winter months. Yer an utter disgrace o a human. I'm quite(2020)
crave it. Whit we get noo is utter shite. Gies a guid auld Hogma(2020)

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
sferred to London. ?? This is utter madness cos its obsolete in(2020)
l? Hmm? ?? me drank JP, its utter braw stuff! ?????????????????(2020)
e back tae ma hyme! Thats utter kickstart ma passion within..(2020)
@NorthumbrianRep Utter double bollocks!! Just put fe(2020)
olvin Whit the fuck!! Thats utter sick fuckers! ??(2020)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
r hoo tae dae yon. There's an utter wheen o Scots place names in (2020)
@CallieMac88 What a load of utter mince.(2020)