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Use in varieties of Scots

numpty Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.1 13.9 1.5 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2927 1 0 0 0 1
Number of authors14 12 1 1

Occurrences of numpty in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
, ye ken. An I'd look a right numpty humphin three ae them up the on page 1

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
ost the match by the chuffin' numpty hauf back's oan goal? Aye, th on page

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
to trouble for sayin the word numpty, said Nicola. How, ah said, B on page 116

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
'I'll bet ye he's anither numpty,' muttered Grannie Jockina. on page 39
And transform the muckle numpty on page 90

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
f it's the Spoff group or the Numpty group ye're in. But ye can ma on page 13
uld think o tae get in wi the Numpty group this year. on page 14
s weel I never got pit in the Numpty group. on page 16

3 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
hat Coont Olaf had made sic a numpty o himsel ower, the Baudelaire on page 81
lo? Aye, o coorse it's me, ya numpty. Awthin's came aff accordin t on page 148

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
, ah could git rid o this big numpty Hercules wance and for aw." on page 5
e weel then, Hercules, ya big numpty." on page 50

2 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
The Numpty
en pie.” Chicken pie? Fit a numpty! Fa’d pit chicken in a pie?
mibbe gittin bombed. Bit the numpty widnae speak. No even whin Mr
! Oan the shipyairds. Far the numpty’s mammy works! Thur wis gre
tin fae the looby. It wis the numpty. She wis staunin aside the fr
7 matches

Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
Ye’re seen as some kin’ o numpty if ye attempt tae be yersel
1 matches

Wallace, Lorna A Scot’s Lament fur her American Fellows (Oan their election of a tangerine gabshite walloper)., (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2016) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Don’t let this numpty bring yi fear,
1 matches

Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
You're a grumpy numpty, heavy riddy face
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
go tae Edinburgh for that ya numpty ??????(2020) search twitter
oney8 Aye but for how long ya numpty ????(2020) search twitter

@jack_capener tweeted
KICK OOT THON MUCKLE GLAIKIT NUMPTY(2019) search twitter

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
el oan the bevvy the night ya numpty! Scaffies were late the day h (2022) twitter link

@pmcm1355 tweeted
and Act 2016 thit saes ye'r a numpty.????????????????????????????? (2022) twitter link

Doric

@Franwella tweeted
here ..... ye txt ma! I am a numpty!(2012) search twitter

Ulster

@HurchinHome tweeted
If "numpty" is Scotland's favourite word(2014) search twitter