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The word 'grumpy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
grumpyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.4119
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 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 grumpy in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
wal' inches high, wi an aafal grumpy face. on page 35
me refrain - "Cheust gie the grumpy bugger a pair o socks again." on page 81

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
wn, girl!” This was fae the grumpy looking cook. “What did you
1 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
t awol - al mind n get him a grumpy auld sprout jersey - there d (2020) twitter link
hy am on twitter - sum richt grumpy sprouts on fb - nudge nudge (2020) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
wee bit leanin taewards bein grumpy, but them that had kennt her on page 57

1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
confused blur. Iona n' me ur grumpy, wir eyes shutt'n oan the bus on page 3

1 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Grumpy drawers will be here in a few
1 matches

Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
You're a grumpy numpty, heavy riddy face
1 matches

General Central

@jax6754 tweeted
8hrs o nae zzz's yae just get grumpy fae ma experiences o insomnia(2014)

@changed_days tweeted
valid as fuck, but don't get grumpy cos av out pointed ye ?? (2021) twitter link