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aft Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words25 31.9 12.1 0 34.9 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences8062 8 0 6 1 3
Number of authors43 32 6 1 1 3

Occurrences of aft in Corpus

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Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Saying "It is as I've aft heard tell on page 9

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
the fire the ribbons that had aft-times busked the horses' mane on page 6

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
thay aft hae tae tak a signeeficant ma on page 12
aft efter unco provocation on page 26
aft feelin hertit, scrimpie an ca on page 28
an aft thair minds tae on page 31
an aft blaw a hoolie on page 46

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
tae maitters o the hairt aft-times begot on page 13
The aft-acceptit fact aboot the snail on page 69

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ance tae a Conventicle, he'd aft-times witnessed wee huddles o on page 51

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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
aft-times, hae warned and richtly on page 43

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Aud rousit late frae hir bed, aft returnin afore gloamin fir sh on page 14

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
tionalism. Bi this A mean the aft-expressit opeenion, rife in t on page 77

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
- fowk interestit in gemmes aft comes thegither for tae swap on page 54

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
widnae melt in his mooth. Aft times he spent his money lik on page 116

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Gey aft I socht, e'er I cam' here, on page 31

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Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
ane owrewird til hiz singin. Aft A hae hard the houss shakkin on page 5

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Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
retoured Barbar's chesell hed aft taen a wie bit stravaig inti on page 44

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
- fowk interestit in gemmes aft comes thegither for tae swap on page 54

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
d schemes o' mice an men gang aft agley. on page 84

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Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
il his fowk afore him. He wad aft imaigine thair guid kintra fa on page 21

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
the kynd we lassies aft hear on page 21

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
feenished it by 1827. It has aft been roosit for the byordnar on page 69

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Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
air heirskip wantin: aestlins aft he rade. on page 87

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Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Plans aft gae wrang wi somethin new. on page 62

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Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
the truth aft-times is badly served on page 52

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Templeton, Sheila Lallans 73 - Lairnin About Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Aft times a stowen, sheeny pheasa on page 55

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Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
anivver siccan govrenments is aft, correcklie, said tae be unri
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McGibbon, Joe Lallans 74 - Draps o Sapie-Bubble, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
drift an pap, aft-times oan the pynt o a neb.
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Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
e grandmither o a faimily wis aft-times kent as
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
an in the storm ships aft gae doon
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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
rlemno Symbol Stane in Angus, aft kythe as symbols on Pechtish
es locatit abuin a stey brae, aft connectit tae the mainlaun an
2 matches

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ally in ma heid tae "Dinnae". Aft, ah'd read an English wird as
ctation. It jist feels richt. Aft, ah feel ah'm pittin it on if
2 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
erendum, it wis hauled oot as aft as a straw-stuffed guy at Hal
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Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
even gin their education will aft as no be led in the internati
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Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
maugre the scepticism he wis aft-times met wi.
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
s an William Byrd in England, aft-times findin themsels fouteri
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Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
They aye turnt the fowk oot, aft-times wi a skelp ahint the lu
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ein as in ither years we haed aft been in Pitlochry aroond hair
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
um seekers an Harold Shipman, aft melled wi humour, frae his ne
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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
For aft it speaks in Beatrice’s pra
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Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ae tired stereotypes that hae aft been yaised tae tak pooer awa
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
IT haes aft been said that whan Gaels gie
ewspaper isna somethin that's aft spoken o, if it's ivver been
2 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
t featur o spoken SSE, though aft rendert ‘not’ in scrievit
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
ch. A productive morpheme and aft the maist naitural in compoon
in compoonds, and the twa are aft, although no aye, interflitta
2 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
™s jalouse that anonymous wis aft a wumman taks on muckle signi
aitland Quarto, anonymous wis aft Marie Maitland – and here s
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Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
your; 3it – yet) and, less aft, ‘th’ (3airtill – there
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Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
ors tae learn mair aboot this aft-forgotten neuk. It’ll bring
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
ntle o shared wirds, they can aft echo yin anither in ither way
tations alang the wey, and is aft yaised fur tae ding a bodie d
in Scots as Burgheid or, mair aft, The Broch. In Gaelic, the pl
Scots. In Scots itsel, it is aft cried the Scots leid. Lallans
Forby, ye will aft lug-in tae fowk makkin refere
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Fyall, Aitken Lallans 74 - Rabbie’s Retrospeck, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
An poortith aft we hud tae bear,
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
royalty's used Like me ye'll aft hae heard it said That ilka h on page 15

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
un oot fae them the exac time aft e starrie hid appeart. He bad on page 8

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
wi the aft repeated, cuppie tea, on page 30

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 67 - The Road I didna Takk, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
Yet kennin foo wyes gang aft aglay on page 62

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Sweat rins aft o me intae a pool.
yer Kelvin Black took the day aft his work on the day o the cup
2 matches

Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
o. Bein sib tae English, fowk aft tak the notion at Scots maun
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
teekit tee, an the rocket set aft fur haime like a wee siller b
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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
A aft aksed question is "Whit diffe on page 11
ek Dutch an Low German). So a aft quoted answer wid be "A langu on page 12
w'ir pickit a system seen as aft on page 32
spaekers mak new nouns braali aft. A windypick 'pneumatic hamme on page 46
Ivver sae aft da vowel'll cheinge, as in on page 72

6 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
centuar an mair, A’ve aft thocht back on that young wif
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Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
he got thaim tae tak tha heid aft Jhone ïn tha jail. The' broc on page 9

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Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
I hae luked saa aft til see, on page 36

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BardOfMilebush To A Merican Food, (Reddit 2017) Ulster, poetry
schemes o' mice and men Gang aft agley"* But if they wee mice
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