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The word 'fanny'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fannyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.53712
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 105.5 3 2
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 40.9 16 3
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 32.6 6 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 3
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 fanny in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Air wis nothin so awful fanny in at; nor did Alice think id on page 7
r at last: "an A do so lek at fanny song aboot e whitan!" on page 98

2 matches

@JamesAmcvean tweeted
@drjanaway He is a pure fanny(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e wrong, she hinks Craig is a fanny tae but at least she's marked on page 69
ese Bonnyrigg cunts. And that fanny oor their hus maire secrets t on page 107
walkin oan eggshells wae this fanny" Aldo announces tae me and Cr on page 109
irresponsible yin? You're the fanny who broat that shite intae th on page 111
blowin his brains oot . This fanny might look like Albus Dumbled on page 125
Also on pages 149, 154, 163, 164
9 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
Easy-peasie, followed the wee fanny along the canal efter closing
1 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
oot the daddy wis jist a wee fanny frae Falkirk called Eddie Jon
or getting pregnant tae a wee fanny frae Falkirk. It wis because
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
cey @EastScotlandFA whaes the fanny - strait tae the point lol (2020) twitter link
aunts tae huv a swatch at his fanny brother - feckin roaster lol (2021) twitter link
sorry but danny is jist a wee fanny lol (2021) twitter link
st trinians like - eer a wee fanny lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
let that had a diagram ae yir fanny in it, an a pack ae two wee p on page 93
no her fault her ma's a pure fanny who constantly causes her add on page 169

2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
an whit a legacy. His dochter Fanny Wright wis brocht up by her a on page 124

3 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
fish. And if it wis some wee fanny lookin tae create a name fur
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ght green jammy boattoms. The fanny is still oblivious tae the fa
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
nger and jealousy aflame daft Fanny Anny o Sutherland on page 33
Or the vanity case cawed yer fanny's daurk on page 118

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
10:33. ‘COYLE! LET US IN YA FANNY!’
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
far in the distance. ‘HOAW FANNY BAWS! YER AWAY THE WRANG WAIY
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
t ‘get oot yer scratcher ya fanny!’
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Away ye go, ya fanny. We’ve been seein each othe
1 matches

General Central

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
ill never do so don't let one fanny get tae ye.(2020)

@MartinBroon tweeted
@BeingScots Fae Fanny tae ?? this....??(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
@RobertMiggins Dis that fanny no hae a field tae rin up and(2020)
Probably shouldnae call him a fanny Bob. A fanny is a useful thin(2020)