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The word 'hardy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hardyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.82216
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 1
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 hardy in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Lallans 67 - Fower Poems efter Rilke, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Orkney, poetry
a glisk, an on-gaan wave, hardy noo on page 58

1 matches

Shetland

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
forgin trow da blizzard lik a hardy Shetland ram. Efter aboot ten
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
eer In a shop - if he'd been hardy He wid o walkit up the stairs on page 15

2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Gordon, Tarzan or Laurel and Hardy film on the telly on a Setter(2019)

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
Bit we aye managed, twa gie hardy guys. on page 29

2 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Laurel, Hardy and Brithers Marx on page 155

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
A wee fyte snowdrop, it's gey hardy.
on that", an gave it a richt hardy whack. He disappeared intae a
2 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@cattyish Hardy cratur(2020)

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
that greet thae hardy men,
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
its gonna b rainin lol - the hardy amateur lads arrive n there s (2020) twitter link
ly the flag - while laurel n hardy r shut - another fine mess l (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
o the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy on page 12

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
roots deep in a hardy pride on page 74
We hairy coos an hardy baets on page 86

2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
They were that buirdly, that hardy, that weill-adaptit tae a har
1 matches

Glasgow

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
skinny wan in the Laurel and Hardy films and starts tae scratch
1 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
An hardy godheid in oor bouk on page 73

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Wi ae voice cried our hardy Scots: on page 50

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
y Aye yer weemin speeders are hardy - nae waxin fir thaim!(2020)