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The word 'offen'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
offenOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.3176
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 39.2 12 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 offen in Corpus

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Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Hid's no offen sheu comes, maybe wans an yea on page 115

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
Fin a weis a tcenayger, a offen hung aboot we a gweed frecn o on page 9
clartet we cod liver eil. We offen wurket aff o thi Broch en eih on page 20
's roon eih coast, Bit et wid offen accur et Boddim. Ef fur insti on page 28
n shi leeket lyke a seeve. We offen spik aboot at day an we kin l on page 49
oarse they weel kint at. Mair offen thin oney thi motien wid broa on page 50
Also on pages 60
12 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
ye runnin aboot an lachin. Ah offen winner fit he wid hae turnt o on page 35

1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Offen drinks oot o' a crackit mug on page 188

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
places an he offen stops for a wee fyle, jist ta
1 matches

West Central

@annieones tweeted
thait wee word wee, fair tae offen. ?? an noo ave goat "a wee de (2021) twitter link