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The word 'fatty'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fattyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.7426
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 1
SHD - Shetland
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 31.5 3 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 58.5 24 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 11.8 9 1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of fatty in Corpus

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Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The Fatty Cuttie Sweepstake on page 86
the coonter, 'I doot thurs no fatty cutties the day. The Thorfinn on page 87

3 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
wa tellers on duty aat day, a fatty-bannocks o a chiel he kent we on page 78

3 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
Maw luiked tae whaur Fatty Lowmond wis keekin big-ee'd r on page 34
Fatty crep closer tae git a luik wh on page 35
She tirnt tae Fatty, pintit it the tall dresser. on page 36
te frae the yolk. She shuvved Fatty's neb awa whaur he near hid i on page 36
'Jist aboot.' Fatty held oot three strips. Maw st on page 37

24 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
boot rat whin A sat a plate a fatty scraps doon in front 'e 'um.
1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
rink alcohol? Or eat fried or fatty foods on a regular basis?’â
1 matches

General Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
"Whoa." Fatty Lowmond brocht the charge tae on page 63
"Poem?" Alan an Fatty lukkit it him. on page 64
"Thair thai ir," Fatty raired, pintin. "Tallyho. Tal on page 65

9 matches

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
Fat jamie is on the way back #fatty #getmethinagain(2019)