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The word 'daftie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
daftieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.33315
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 21.7 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 18.7 14 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 daftie in Corpus

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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

Mid Northern A

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

Aberdeen

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

General Northern

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

(South) East Central

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

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

West Central

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

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

Glasgow

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

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

Ayrshire

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

General Central

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

13 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

South West (Galloway)

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

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