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Use in varieties of Scots

deaf Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.7 7.4 8 0 0 153.1 0
Number of occurrences3314 5 0 0 14 0
Number of authors11 6 3 2

Occurrences of deaf in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
tion seems tae huv fallen oan deaf ears cos he's jist turned his on page 158

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
ut Grannie she wis near stone-deaf on page 40

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ed by the phonic ear. She was deaf in baith lugs. on page 37

1 matches

McFarlane, Ishbel Maun we mak new wirds fir a chyngin warld?, (The National 2020) Central, newspaper
. Fir instance A kent that in deaf culture ‘Deaf’ aften his
culture ‘Deaf’ aften his a dífferent mea
s a dífferent meanin than ‘deaf’. But ma instinct alsae tel
didnae mean the same as ‘deaf’, and that ‘Deif’ meant
ir decades? A spiered at some deaf fowk A ken an in the end hedg
6 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
feel like I’ve been struck deaf and dumb,” he
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Ma criticisms faw oan deaf ears, though. As he remains l
1 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
erRanter @ClashCityClarky But Deaf means a community of fowk, ma(2019) search twitter
c person who cannot hear, and Deaf for the community-wide bits. (2019) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
a quick He thocht them either deaf or thick But the French wi aa on page 15

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
DEAF
a wee bit dull. (He wis affa deaf) Neest day the thocht kept na
say." You ken I'm ferrly deaf bit I'll tell you this I'm na
3 matches

@daleser23 tweeted
smoocher. Think id rather be deaf than listen to either. #tosse(2013) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
e gonnae lead. Hurt feelings, deaf ears(2020) search twitter

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
oin ‘em. Nae keen & me being deaf and pointless tae liaise. Sai (2021) twitter link
ndry16 @JeminaNapier As an ex Deaf professional for 20 odd years (2021) twitter link
uestion! When I worked within deaf community with that attitude (2020) search twitter
manhood. As ye see, ahm only deaf within until ma daughter. Due(2020) search twitter
and its manifesto dinnae help Deaf peeps regarding equality whic(2020) search twitter
and 7 other occurrences.