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awfa Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.1 8.5 48 0 0 0 57.5
Number of occurrences5916 30 0 0 0 13
Number of authors12 7 4 1

Occurrences of awfa in Corpus

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Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
on 'hay fever'. If an it gets awfa unoorament Ah tak thum oot an on page 80

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
othwell: He's stacheran wi an awfa cauld, on page 15
Ma dreams are haunted bi awfa omens. on page 35

6 matches

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
It's awfa funny talking tae ye like thi
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
nce she wis wee, Ailsa had an awfa habit ae sleep-walkin. Maist
t. And ignore yer da, he gets awfa crabbit when he’s no hud en
2 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
ly me an’ you wis gettin’ awfa pally Ye flutter’t thone bi
1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Us” oan the telly. It went awfa quiet.
e, a child stood there lookin awfa peelywally. Jim lookt down
in crimson liquid which lookt awfa like blood bricht ‘n’ dri
t gaun, her skin startit gaun awfa pale efter seein Jim’s deid
4 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
awfa looking forward tae dinner th(2013) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
She really works in't awfa hard But Geordie hisna much r on page 15

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
“Och this is an AWFA Yule”, he chittered. “Ma
a snaw-mannie. He’s luikin awfa cauld. He’ll
weet, an awfa awfa feart Aa aroon her, fowk tram
Ae nicht, something awfa happened. A gurly win grew up
oonert an fair ferfochan, bit awfa gled at last, tae be
7 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
nithin' mair giepit than thon awfa big nummers o' fowk we ca' th(2016) search twitter
nInspired @BurnessPaullLLP an awfa bonny lookin' bush thon, hope(2016) search twitter
r fae Bugsy’s......she’s an awfa kind Quine. #KeepersBaw(2019) search twitter
afore skittered ma yella cape awfa sotter.(2016) search twitter
'll be dookin' ma lugs in yer awfa awfa guid tunes the nicht! #A(2016) search twitter
and 12 other occurrences.

@glenlivetloon tweeted
el Tongue fae @Historic_Ally. Awfa spick aboot it on here so gan(2020) search twitter
thocht aboot ma latest blog?? Awfa keen tae get abdy spikking. h(2013) search twitter

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
he's gaein me the idea fur an awfa wheen o these poames. A'd be on page 2
A seen him fix an awfa muckle wheen a broken things, on page 11
An oor? It's nae awfa lang. on page 15
It's an awfa muckle comfort, as yer leevin on page 18
Ye may think that yer awfa hard daen til on page 20
Also on pages 22, 24, 29, 38, 46
13 matches

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