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Use in varieties of Scots

defo Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words64.1 99.3 12 0 0 31 0
Number of occurrences208197 8 0 0 3 0
Number of authors14 8 4 2

Occurrences of defo in Corpus

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Central

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

@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.

Doric

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

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

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

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

Southern

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

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

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