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The word 'crazy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
crazyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.53824
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B 111.9 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 30.9 12 5
WCE - West Central 22.2 5 4
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 25.1 5 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 4
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 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of crazy in Corpus

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Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
ats been troo Roe dis week is crazy ?? you wid a towt it wis da o (2020) twitter link

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
e. Id's enough till drive wan crazy!" on page 55

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
eddrach bedd in Davidson's ae crazy rukk, the hale place wis litt
1 matches

Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
@FreeGellyBhoy Shine oan ya crazy diamond...?????? (2022) twitter link

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Och ye drive me crazy on page 77
I'm nae fashed, they're aa crazy on page 116

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
FITBA CRAZY
1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
w i jist seen 'is. I love you crazy cats n a ??(2014)

(South) East Central

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
uddy's no dyslexic, he's just crazy, it runs in his faimily. Chud on page 7

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
It jist keeps on growin like crazy!
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
r, Sadie, was the toon’s “Crazy Cat Wifie”, yin o they anim
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ellowed oot. But ah’m still crazy enough tae skin you like a fu
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
kin forrit tae 2 nite wae the crazy crew - bring it on guys (2020) twitter link
central belt cannae play lol crazy times indeed brother (2020) twitter link
going on just now - its just crazy (2020) twitter link
the teeth for them - aye its crazy (2020) twitter link
Moyes1108 @SaltSportsLive its crazy jake - fans get in to the hi (2020) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ae Ayr an Irvine an we'd play crazy golf when we went tae visit m on page 163

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Sallust, noo he's crazy aboot thaim, on page 112

1 matches

Wilson, Lucy Lock Doon, (Greenock Telegraph 2021) Central - Greenock, poetry
s school sa much but am going crazy.
1 matches

@annieones tweeted
students in mid 80s. It meant crazy person... "ya waa-heid" eithe (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
s frae their sang “Fitba’ crazy?” Bein’ Rugby daft though
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
vies, man. Different level ae crazy... where wis A, man? FUCKIN P on page 9
n the bang aff them is fuckin crazy. We aw stand back tae either on page 13
N P. Just lettin loose n gawn crazy. It's dark n baltic, a right on page 16
cheme queens n then the loyal crazy burds that ir practically tro on page 23

4 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
floor and Da wis still going crazy. "Nae wonder everyone calls y on page 41

1 matches

General Central

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
bathed in crazy sorrow. on page 19
He's crazy ti possess me nou, on page 35

2 matches

Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
y backlash fae the crazed and crazy worl' o' social media.
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
picture changes to something crazy then I'm screwed, I will forg(2020)
@musicmeandtea Dinnae go too crazy and open all the windows, tha(2020)

@LowEndJardo tweeted
No simulation ae motherwells crazy enough to sign gyokeres (2021) twitter link

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
he time Lawrie Sanchez an the Crazy Gang gied them a skelp. A qua (2015) twitter link