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Use in varieties of Scots

deif Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10 14.9 4.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences3229 3 0 0 0 0
Number of authors17 15 2

Occurrences of deif in Corpus

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Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 82 - Ae Legend o Sanct Benedict, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
he'd hae been deif gin he'd bided near on page 52

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
an bein deif an blinn tae thaim it kennt on page 23

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
deivan ae deif dumb dehan kehm on page 64

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
For deif fowk ken the faburden o fear on page 29
For he wis deif an no sae smairt on page 58
The deif will hae their lugs unstapt - on page 61
Whan deif ma lugs nae words shall hear on page 78

4 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Mary: Bothwell! Are ye deif? on page 35

1 matches

Bramwell, Colin Eemis Stane 1 - The lives that live inwith us canna be coontit, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
I'm deif tae them: on page 15

1 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
the debate, aboot five hunner deif an dumb fowk cam in an stappi on page 4

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
oggle an the kennin o a blin, deif cuddie. His furst keik outby
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
"breid", "breist", "deid" an "deif".
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
llie at the yill, an tirned a deif lug.
almenie, ane auld carl at wes deif cuidna here the
2 matches

McFarlane, Ishbel Maun we mak new wirds fir a chyngin warld?, (The National 2020) Central, newspaper
nstinct alsae telt me that ‘deif’ didnae mean the same as
me as ‘deaf’, and that ‘Deif’ meant naethin at aw. Whit
2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
t aff the walcome mat. “You deif?” he spaeks the time he sig
“You’r no deif,” signs Rhona til him whan
“My brither’s deif,” he signs, an offers tae c
“I gaed deif whan I wis aicht year auld,
kin tae me nou she kens I’m deif,” she signs. “It’s a pe
5 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n the coarner. Must be fuckin deif, the cunt.
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
leid o maist Scots an gied a deif lug tae debate throu Scots (o
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
wifie that's aither donnert, deif or juist daesna listen tae wh
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Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
d hae? I aince winched when a Deif frien o mine, campaignin for
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@IshbelMcF tweeted
tch up wi thon term, an yaise Deif mair consciously. But A feel (2019) search twitter
aw! A wudnae mind bein cried deif gin A wis tae lose ma heirin,(2019) search twitter
r' fir certain groups. Mibbe 'deif person' to refer to a specifi(2019) search twitter
@ScotsDictionars disnae like 'deif' as a spellin! A'll still yai(2019) search twitter

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
o meericales the blin see the deif hear the lamiter traivel agan on page 3

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
hydrocephalus; Maggie McPhee, deif, blinn, but wi the gift o the on page 124

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
hydrocephalus; Maggie McPhee, deif, blinn, but wi the gift o the
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