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The word 'abdy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
abdyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus103214
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 49 15 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 35.4 8 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 2
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 abdy in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
tures?" Bit the teacher tells abdy to fin ere seats, get on we e
1 matches

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
... or sae the storie gings. Abdy says the only gadgie that dei
l thin man walking aroon, bit abdy is ower feart tae ging ower t
2 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
Fit like ab'dy. Fits abdy uptill iday. I'm heading inti(2019)
Fit like i'day abdy. Am still working on ma Teuch(2019)
g o i bakers. It's fit unites abdy in Aiberdeen and i Shire. We (2019)
Fit like i'day abdy. Am up early inti toon for a (2019)
I fact at I twa chefs teachin abdy Spanish cuisine, een wis Ital(2019)
and 6 other occurrences.

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
d love yer vote. An thanks ta abdy fas voted ariddy??. Hae a bon (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
spring tae mind. But, fit nae abdy micht ken is that paella spec on page 4

1 matches

General Northern

Diansangu, Mae Tales Fae The Doric Side - Exodus20:3, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
cheek so abdy can gie ye a skelp. on page 66

1 matches

@daleser23 tweeted
@MikeyForbes1 boost eh? Abdy got downmanned efter i got ha(2013)

@Franwella tweeted
s the anes in reed jist shove abdy aboot, they're so aggressive!(2012)
din th mithers cupboards. Diz abdy de this or jist me??(2012)
el jist aboot) then so should abdy else! X(2012)
e desire at a ma luv. Athin n abdy i wint's right here :)(2011)
page private bit nae sure if abdy can see tweets i mak on ither(2011)

@glenlivetloon tweeted
test blog?? Awfa keen tae get abdy spikking. http://t.co/IXKfmpb(2013)

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
annsa dae rare turns that hid abdy in thrall it Tuesday's Holyro
1 matches

West Central

Pennie, Len The year A shouldnae hae had, (tictok 2022) Central - Kilmarnock, poetry
tae jist beat so fur abdy listenin wha kens how A feel
1 matches

Dundee

@d_anderson878 tweeted
Im spierin' abdy fa loves I ootside ti pit up (2020)

Glasgow

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
y afore the end o the day, an abdy sat in silence, but you could
1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
So, fur abdy listenin, wha kens how A feel on page 93
If abdy's gonnae look his way, on page 105

2 matches

@ionafyfe tweeted
tuck intae a dram. Cheers tae abdy fir tuning intae the first @O(2020)
cht last night. Weel deen tae abdy. https://t.co/9iJClNPWyv(2020)

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