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The word 'abidy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
abidyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.5389
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 52.3 16 2
MNB - Mid Northern B 447.4 4 3
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 70.9 16 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 abidy in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

McArthur, Kaydi Rich n Peer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
Abidy gathert roon. James wis affa
ames wis affa annoyed because abidy winted ti see him die.
2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ire - Happy Valentine’s Day abidy! xx https://t.co/viHAzbM3Np(2017)
Fit is abidy haen fur denner the nicht? ht(2017)
a Glesga term, noo calm doon abidy, it's anely sivven months tae(2017)
Niver mind loons, abidy are affa proud o ye. Safe jou(2017)
Happy faither's day, fit is abidy deein tae celebrate?(2017)
and 9 other occurrences.

Mid Northern B

Crawford, Jack The Pluffer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
Abidy ca’s me Pluffer but ma real
1 matches

Robson, Euan Peelie wally, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
idnae ken fit to di wi masel. Abidy wis oot o the hoose an I wis
1 matches

Martin, Keiron Ma Worst Nicht Oot, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
s. A hidna hid that fir ages. Abidy else ordered fit they winted
tae Tripadvisor and mak sure abidy kent fit kind o food they ser
2 matches

General Northern

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
ssjournal wee drappie sna' in abidy loses their sharn.(2016)

@cligeey tweeted
u Feel the Noize happy Friday abidy(2020)
tteries Rowies border jist so abidy kens(2020)
illi sauce - soo tasty. Fits abidy else having? X https://t.co/4(2020)
@HopepunkQ Abidy is missing Bennachie the noo(2020)
@JulieMcNeil66 @andiabz Abidy will be looking trendy though(2020)
and 8 other occurrences.

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
r up roon Tillydrone, to keep abidy happy. (2022) twitter link
doon love, For God Sake. Nae abidy kanes far the Courier comes f (2019) twitter link

West Central

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
s her age I’d hide awa ahin abidy n if I wis lucky I hid masel
a wee joke cause you kane how abidy his at one thing their feer o
2 matches

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