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The word 'defo'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
defoOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus64.920814
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 31 7 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 452.7 177 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 20 15 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 2
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 defo in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
shdouglasscot Oh aye! But I'd defo stick tae the left hand een. (2020) twitter link

General Northern

@beast_afc tweeted
e's a Quine ken. The boyz are defo nae in the glamour puss leagu(2020)
@Neil43835402 @AberdeenCC Defo. I was spewing in the gutter (2020)
ason tae be feart. Goth witch defo dis the weegie board an a hat(2020)
@mstewart_23 will defo be positive. We Ken far his t(2020)
@scottda95388967 I defo wouldnae be wantin a snitch o(2020)

@daleser23 tweeted
@rossandrew_ at wiz defo a booking anoo(2014)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@FaeFoggie @Kennysc89883981 Defo black puddin. Peas arenae eve(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ically greetin again. There's defo a boay up there cos yae kin h on page 144
ried blood aroond it. This is defo a staffie, eh? Ma mate Freddi on page 151
Hard last night or ah wid huv defo drawn a blank. on page 154
"Eh, aye" ah said "It wis defo interestin" ah telt him "List on page 195

4 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
e spike railings. The baw wis defo travelling oan that kindae pa
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
ae they spike railins. It wis defo travellin oan that kindae loo
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
berystwythCar @Jaymondo10 aye defo that motor was class (2020) twitter link
fight back fae the star lads defo n a well deserved 3 points oa (2020) twitter link
tScot grass it wooda been off defo - the refs jist called aff a (2021) twitter link
ame guys - good squad o lads defo - awe the best tae yous (2020) twitter link
@AgentScotland the saints defo deserved to win the cup today (2021) twitter link
and 161 other occurrences.

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
north ae twenty-five. He’s defo a doactur cos he’s been com
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ch as text the day. Suttin is defo up, likes. And as much as ah
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Nae family is perfect. Mine defo isnae but beside the usual pe on page 38
It's best no tae run, if yir defo gonnae git caught. When greyh on page 42

2 matches

General Central

@Cobradile94 tweeted
illyMac @CalumDan Magic! A'll defo be gittin 'at, then!(2020)
artbremner @scotslanguage A'm defo gittin this whan A git the mo(2019)
nline. It was pure brilliant! Defo gaun'ae watch mair!(2019)

@jax6754 tweeted
@ollyofficial YOU MOST DEFO! Thank you fir brightning up (2014)
effBrazier #AGiftADay This is defo ambitious but a lovely resolu(2015)
movin up tae Scotland I will defo help you unpack! X(2015)
........ Well this singleton defo approves! Thankyou! Richt orf(2015)
unger self who had no control defo =Inner Peace! X(2015)
and 6 other occurrences.

@weenell3 tweeted
@paulnewton3 @ashmill1973 Aye defo... he stays in ?????????????? (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"There's defo tae much pepper in yon soup!" on page 57

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
And nummer three, A’m defo no gaun tae make ma bus if A
1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
y @eddireader @ashdouglasscot Defo pal. Hopin tae get Reekiewar(2020)
ll dae ma napper in but we'll defo give it a bash, ta!(2020)

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