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Use in varieties of Scots

numpties Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.4 13.9 3 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences3027 2 1 0 0 0
Number of authors16 13 2 1

Occurrences of numpties in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Numpties!" Alice stairtit indignantly; on page 107

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
that his sic weerless numpties on page 32

1 matches

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
rse - eleiven surnames o the numpties that ur in the team theez yea on page 78

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
n' fly without e'en thinkin'. Numpties! They wur livin' as if they w on page

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
But ah'll bet this scroosh o numpties here will never read it becau on page 150

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
A Whirligig o Numpties? on page 53
presentatives were tellin sic numpties tae dae their joabs richt or on page 85

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
pairt o England! Whit kind o numpties cry a war tae repel invaders on page 22
ront o this bunch o puffit-up numpties. He'd taen the challenge, he' on page 87

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ramash are not some Noddytown numpties on page 116
et pish marks, look lik total numpties. on page 169

4 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
. "It's cawed Nuptial Law for Numpties," Klaus said, "and I fund oot on page 96
ither pairt o Nuptial Law for Numpties. "'A legal husband," he read on page 98
er, haudin up Nuptial Law for Numpties tae show his sister whaur he on page 100
o the copy o Nuptial Law for Numpties that he'd taen aff Klaus. The on page 125

4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ses (an thay're shairly no aa numpties, d'ye think?) - hae been inf
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
in school? Whaur idiots an’ numpties rule!
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
in’ in listenin’ tae they numpties an’ rogues singin’ their
1 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
Jeezo, whit numpties! https://t.co/7BcZK9nI81(2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
pit gomerils, ye’re bampots, numpties an twatts. Ye’re an ugsome d(2020) search twitter

@annieones tweeted
lly it's astounding hoo moany numpties there ur in Englandshire who (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
lly - awa n bile ur heeds ya numpties lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

@Franwella tweeted
Likin th bru-jet advert.......numpties haha(2011) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
nae even in the tournament ya numpties! https://t.co/LNnJ7WxzkC(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
at glitters and I picked the 'numpties', I doot. on page 42

1 matches

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