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The word 'deaf'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
deafOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.43412
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.7 7 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 162.2 13 1
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 deaf in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
a quick He thocht them either deaf or thick But the French wi aa on page 15

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
"Ov coarse im asking, are you deaf or sumthing?" she reply's. So on page 40

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
DEAF
a wee bit dull. (He wis affa deaf) Neest day the thocht kept na
say." You ken I'm ferrly deaf bit I'll tell you this I'm na
3 matches

@daleser23 tweeted
smoocher. Think id rather be deaf than listen to either. #tosse(2013)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
tion seems tae huv fallen oan deaf ears cos he's jist turned his on page 158

1 matches

McFarlane, Ishbel Maun we mak new wirds fir a chyngin warld?, (The National 2020) Central, newspaper
. Fir instance A kent that in deaf culture ‘Deaf’ aften his
culture ‘Deaf’ aften his a dífferent mea
s a dífferent meanin than ‘deaf’. But ma instinct alsae tel
didnae mean the same as ‘deaf’, and that ‘Deif’ meant
ir decades? A spiered at some deaf fowk A ken an in the end hedg
6 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
feel like I’ve been struck deaf and dumb,” he
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Ma criticisms faw oan deaf ears, though. As he remains l
1 matches

General Central

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
ut Grannie she wis near stone-deaf on page 40

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ed by the phonic ear. She was deaf in baith lugs. on page 37

1 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
erRanter @ClashCityClarky But Deaf means a community of fowk, ma(2019)
c person who cannot hear, and Deaf for the community-wide bits. (2019)

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
oin ‘em. Nae keen & me being deaf and pointless tae liaise. Sai (2021) twitter link
ndry16 @JeminaNapier As an ex Deaf professional for 20 odd years (2021) twitter link
uestion! When I worked within deaf community with that attitude (2020)
manhood. As ye see, ahm only deaf within until ma daughter. Due(2020)
and its manifesto dinnae help Deaf peeps regarding equality whic(2020)
and 7 other occurrences.

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
e gonnae lead. Hurt feelings, deaf ears(2020)