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The word 'ahh'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ahhOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1107
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
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 ahh in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
'Ahh bit it's Gyran noo on page 12

1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ry tale imagination to go... "ahh da birds are comin in, dey mu(2020)
@HazelR74 Ahh, dis is common grazing but na(2019)

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
@shonamain Ahh thanks Shona! Sending warmest(2018)

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
'Ahh, Mr Williams, you've seen sen on page 54

1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
“Ahh...” ah say.
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
'Say ahh.' on page 15

1 matches

@_Erinboyle_ tweeted
@Antifa_Celtic Ahh thanks, Martin! Really apprec (2021) twitter link
@pauljcorrigan @stillgame Ahh!! As if Still Game couldnae g (2016) twitter link

@pmcm1355 tweeted
Simpson @inov8ive1 @archer_rs Ahh, here we gae agin. .????????? (2022) twitter link

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