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The word 'fussy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fussyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.81914
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 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) 62.8 2 1
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 fussy in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
Dey'll be ower weel. Dunna be fussy - Hae, Bill! Tak a hadd o di on page 38

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
podlie's an geetie's cood be fussy sumtyme's, They wer fly crait on page 1

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
made them. "Ah mean, Ah'm nae fussy; Ah dinna mind a fyow stains on page 9

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Calm doon, fussy briks," teased Muggie, es wi on page 29

1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I'd like coffee bit I'm no fussy on page 137

1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
it fly foreneen efterneen nae fussy(2020)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@FaeFoggie If yer fussy about hair awye onythin cross(2020)

(South) East Central

Gilmour, Rosie Shoapaholic, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
But ah'm awfy fussy wi the anes a like
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
. He said, Wur no caterin fur fussy eaters in this hoose. Ma ma a on page 86
t tae choose cause she's dead fussy these days an it's no lik ah on page 154

2 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Ah'm no that fussy on page 15

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
fussy in’t they? At hame if youâ€
They’re fussy aboot everythin but, no just
2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"I'm no fussy whaur-" said Alison. on page 44

2 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
But fur aw Cathy is a fussy bugger, she's gat naught oan on page 77

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ll dae weil enough. Dinnae b' fussy - Here, Bill! Catch haud o t on page 37

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
dae aal richt. Dinnae bae sae fussy - Here, Bill! Grab a houl o on page 38
"Oh, A'm naw fussy aboot the size," Alice quickl on page 50

2 matches

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