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The word 'dude'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dudeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.3218
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 44.3 10 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 22.2 5 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
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 dude in Corpus

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
om his operation. What a cool dude he turned oot to be ?? https:(2018)
Love dis dude #NationalDogsDay #tripawd #re(2018)

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
HEY DUDE on page 150

2 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
fit rare a picture sir. Thon dude abides? Disnae bide by masel!(2017)
dale fit rare a picture. Thon dude abides? Disnae bide by masel!(2017)

@daleser23 tweeted
@MikeyForbes1 dina worry dude thats ma plan. The driller he(2013)
ot hame on thursday. Nae sure dude, moght hae a quiet ane, manch(2013)
hame imorn tho. Haha ana kane dude il hae to see fit like fan im(2013)
. Ana think im gan tae bather dude im awa tae aberdeen on monday(2013)
ck iv seen them all uptae now dude. Watch them on tv(2013)
and 1 other occurrences.

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
the Rangers badge an some mad dude called Prince William the thi on page 69
before some big mad gangster dude tries tae shut her up, said C on page 133
ye ah wis inspired by the wee dude fae casualty that brought me on page 141
rt. Mister Singh, the Biology dude that wis in charge, he went a on page 162
gettin it on wi thir manager dude an that's how he got flung oo on page 169

5 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Goges wiz a cool dude on page 30
flooery dress, treh that ane dude on page 46

2 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
A tain the dude's advice, ye see, and went on on page 63

1 matches

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
@billykayscot Whit a dude! Love this!(2020)

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