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Use in varieties of Scots

whiff Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.2 7.2 6 9.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2014 4 1 0 0 1
Number of authors15 11 2 1 1

Occurrences of whiff in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
or a peat bog? If ye've got a whiff o' a peat bog aboot ye, pull on page

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
His imaginary pipe; a whiff from the gents, on page 60

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
forward, gien me a full force whiff ae cider an CK Wan perfume. C on page 37

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
gie wid hiv tae put up wi the whiff as weel. An mebbe I could sti on page 24

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
the tod's hole. 'Gonnae get a whiff o this, Mr Tod?' he shouted. on page 31

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Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ive case, an maugre the daurk whiff o the 'Dear Green Place', thi on page 90

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Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
The whiff 's as coorse as Esau's ripe s on page 107

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Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
who wis almost seek efter one whiff. Even Carol had tae cover her
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McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
beasties but when Ah caught a whiff a thum Ah remarked tae Mr Gob
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ae Edinburgh. Cos if ah git a whiff ae yur caviar up here again.
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
matters, eh? cos if he gits a whiff that ah’m no bein straight
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
a shout m8 - ee canna beat a whiff o sea air n thon ither whiff (2021) twitter link
Callion @MusselburghAth dae a whiff a wee bit unrest here fae the (2020) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
lan kinno notions, they'd the whiff o the Heathen aboot them, he
s a reeshle o hymn buiks, the whiff o peppermints pitten inno moo
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
international veesitors wi a 'whiff o the true Scotia.'
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The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
oices wi’ his tie a’ skew-whiff. I thought tae masel: “Aye,
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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
urity doors for the tour. Any whiff o bull that might o lingered
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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"Catch a whiff o thon," cried Sally in a bra on page 25

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