Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Concordance

The word 'numpties'

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Use in varieties of Scots

numpties	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	9.4	30	16
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	8.9	2	2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	7.7	3	3
WCE - West Central	32.2	7	4
DUN - Dundee	63.7	6	1
EDN - Edinburgh	6.3	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	16.3	3	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	9.4	7	4
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 numpties in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
at glitters and I picked the 'numpties', I doot. on page 42

1 matches

General Northern

@Franwella tweeted
Likin th bru-jet advert.......numpties haha(2011)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
nae even in the tournament ya numpties! https://t.co/LNnJ7WxzkC(2018)

(South) East Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
rse - eleiven surnames o the numpties that ur in the team theez yea on page 78

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ses (an thay're shairly no aa numpties , d'ye think?) - hae been inf
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
lly - awa n bile ur heeds ya numpties lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
But ah'll bet this scroosh o numpties here will never read it becau on page 150

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ramash are not some Noddytown numpties on page 116
et pish marks, look lik total numpties. on page 169

4 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
in’ in listenin’ tae they numpties an’ rogues singin’ their
1 matches

@annieones tweeted
lly it's astounding hoo moany numpties there ur in Englandshire who (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
that his sic weerless numpties on page 32

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
A Whirligig o Numpties? on page 53
presentatives were tellin sic numpties tae dae their joabs richt or on page 85

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
pairt o England! Whit kind o numpties cry a war tae repel invaders on page 22
ront o this bunch o puffit-up numpties. He'd taen the challenge, he' on page 87

2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
in school? Whaur idiots an’ numpties rule!
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Numpties!" Alice stairtit indignantly; on page 107

3 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
n' fly without e'en thinkin'. Numpties! They wur livin' as if they w on page

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
. "It's cawed Nuptial Law for Numpties," Klaus said, "and I fund oot on page 96
ither pairt o Nuptial Law for Numpties. "'A legal husband," he read on page 98
er, haudin up Nuptial Law for Numpties tae show his sister whaur he on page 100
o the copy o Nuptial Law for Numpties that he'd taen aff Klaus. The on page 125

4 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
Jeezo, whit numpties! https://t.co/7BcZK9nI81(2020)

@billykayscot tweeted
pit gomerils, yere bampots, numpties an twatts. Yere an ugsome d(2020)