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Use in varieties of Scots

daftie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.7 13.3 11.2 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences3325 7 0 1 0 0
Number of authors15 10 4 1

Occurrences of daftie 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.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Alice, ye daftie!" she answert hersel. "How ki on page 36

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"Ach, ye're a daftie, Alison!" she answert hersel. on page 35

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
aright glaikit daftie. on page 19

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ceptin fir thon daftie Crispinus, ma friens wull for on page 122
noddin ma heid lik a daftie, an winkin at him - 'Get me on page 126

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
startit tae giggle. "Awa, ye daftie,"' she shrieked. "'It disna g on page 84

1 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Daftie on page 10

13 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e fuck all? Whit ah’m ah? A daftie?’ he sais.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ary then yer mare ay a fuckin daftie than ye look.’ Pearcey shak
time. ‘Hink ah’m a fuckin daftie? Yous ur gettin fuckin plugge
2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 59 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, newspaper
rae Villon in Lallans 63 (The Daftie names his tunes) wis statit t
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
oomstick, cackling awa like a daftie.
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit's For Ye'll No Gae By Ye, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
the gate an cryin ye daftie,
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
hat is? It's thon reid heided daftie. Watch oot! He'll cut yer thr on page 30

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the heidline in The Sun noo: DAFTIE DONALD DISNEY DUCK." on page 42

1 matches

Christie, Hilary Lallans 78 - Ma Freens in Chains, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, poetry
An there's mony a guiless daftie on page 74

1 matches

TheChielMeister Ah'm e chiel (sae dinna fash), (youtube.com 2011) Doric, poetry
Ah'll nae parrie wi a daftie, hae im tak iz fur a neep, ah
Ah'll nae parrie wi a daftie, hae im tak iz fur a neep, ah
Weel, ah haed tae quat wi e daftie wife sae tuim-haundit makkit
Ah'll nae parrie wi a daftie, hae im tak iz fur ae neep, a
4 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
morpheme - ie an aa (laek in daftie, sweetie, etc) at's wrangly a on page 40

1 matches

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