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The word 'plinty'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
plintyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.83211
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 45.8 14 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 66.5 15 7
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
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 plinty in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
twa main coorses te pick fae; plinty o tatties an a great muckle d on page 18
ain," said Roddie, "ere's aye plinty gaun oan." on page 30

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Weel, ere's plinty ither stuff." Joyce studied t on page 11
"Hope ye've plinty o room left fir poodin," said on page 29
my erse!" said Norman. "Ere's plinty leed in my pincil...it jist n on page 47
gallopin awa hine in front...plinty o time te wirry aboot aat kin on page 52
"G'awa! Ere's plinty te dee if ye'd like te find i on page 84
Also on pages 85, 90
7 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
An ess is a fine big hoose wi plinty o room te display aa ma untiq on page 20
ebbe, bit Ah'd imaagine ere's plinty o lonely hairts like yersel i on page 37
"Na, na, ye'v plinty o time. It disna feenish tull on page 38
r," said the wifie. "An ere's plinty mair inside iv ye rin oot. En on page 39

4 matches

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
an three Granbairns, so I get plinty o bosies.
1 matches

Aberdeen

Abel, Charlie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
r richt enouch, sae there wis plinty tae smile aboot forbyes. The on page 25

1 matches

General Northern

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
game fir ma Playstation, bit plinty fir the new baby aippairently on page 92

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - A Wird i Yer Lug, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
mair beuks es time an cam on plinty that wis nyow, or nyow tae me
1 matches

TheChielMeister Nae mince in Moray, (youtube.com 2008) Doric, poetry
Plinty o' tatty, big green laef
Plinty o' tatty, big green laef
Thir's plinty excuses but nae buggerin' bae
Plinty o' tatty, big green laef
4 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
, even under Fergie there was plinty tae pick oar, but, end o the (2022) twitter link
but I would argue we have had plinty chances in the Dundee, County (2022) twitter link
FC @ScottishCup Like there’s plinty tae choose fae of on form, qu (2021) twitter link
ay in midfielders and we have plinty options there noo. (2020) twitter link
e Marches in Aiberdeen? I ken plinty o folk claiming tae be ‘loya (2020) twitter link

@Franwella tweeted
it wiz good, easy readin’ n plinty places I caint(2020)
LouiseNicol1 @aimeeannenaylor plinty tickets ms quine. Ye jist nee(2013)

@glenlivetloon tweeted
hocht. It dis show at ers aey plinty work te dee te promote i Scot(2020)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
, nae the end o February yet. Plinty time to be up tae were erses (2020)

General Central

Strachan, Shane Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
for he gets plinty peace on page 9

1 matches

@ionafyfe tweeted
@StuartPoet @OorVyce Plinty weys tae skin a cat and neen (2020)

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