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The word 'numptie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
numptieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.893
ORK - Orkney
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 1
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 numptie in Corpus

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West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
an,' ah'd scrieve, 'is a pure numptie. Ah hope yer faimly hus a bus on page 2
'Shut yer geggie, ya numptie!' Matilda said and she gaed o on page 37
ug's bahookie! Ye look like a numptie!" on page 56
"Thon numptie Amanda,' Hortensia said, 'hus on page 106

4 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
that A kennt fine wis a Royal numptie wha had led monie guid Scotsm on page 70
dnae need onie publick-schuil numptie in Whitehall tae mak siccar t on page 74
the City o London is eethir a numptie or a leear - an there are mo on page 89

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ouder, 'Gie me three pints ye numptie an three wee wasps wi them!' on page 76

1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Jeannie, ye puckin numptie, whit did ye say that fur? Ah on page 59

1 matches

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