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The word 'dandy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dandyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus123918
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 68.7 21 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 2
DOR - General Northern 31 7 5
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 28.1 2 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of dandy in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e - wi'd bin gettin oan jist dandy." on page 14

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
the windae o the schuleroom. Dandy Davidson, Steenhillock's orra
ew Bruce's hey an corn parks. Dandy hid left the schule at simmer
'I'm awa tae watch Dandy wirk the futterat,' quo she,
ed her. She likit tae torment Dandy. He wis three year aulder tha
Dandy hid stopped aa the rubbit's h
19 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
“I’m jist dandy”, Skirly answered. “It’
1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
but look - aathing's been dandy on page 17

1 matches

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
s who bade next door, got the Dandy an' the Beano comics. | got t on page 29

1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, Charlie Doric Scots Books an Poems, (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
An' they turned oot dandy, jist fine
1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
chiel, ye dinna hae tae be a dandy shot tae get a roe, ye just h
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
e for his city - and he’s a dandy ?? #standfree #COYR (2020) twitter link
er - you got it Lee, being a dandy. And wis it One God Universe (2020) twitter link
er - you got it Lee, being a dandy. And wis it One God Universe (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
@piemancharlie Dandy min(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
m a pensioner and Support the dandy dons bit I will dee it fer a (2018)

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Tortoise thocht this fine and dandy on page 29

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Tak tent, lord dandy, wha ye're lookin at: on page 32

1 matches

Gilmour, Rosie Bak Tae Schuil, (Scots Hoose 2015) Central, weans
ter ma lunch it's aw fine and dandy
1 matches

West Central

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
e’ways got The Beano or The Dandy or some sich. An’ Andy, wel
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
it's fine an dandy, it's loose an free, on page 115

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Yonkee Doodle Dandy on page 32

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Tae dress it up sae dandy on page 22

1 matches

General Ulster

Mc Donnell, John Joogins, (no publisher recorded 2020) Ulster, prose
e a crame horn as weel as tha dandy an beano so a knowed al wis f
1 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Bread Van, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
With his dandy wee shap coat on and the pape
1 matches

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