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The word 'whiff'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
whiffOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.22015
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 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.3 6 4
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of whiff in Corpus

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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
1 matches

Mid Northern A

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
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
international veesitors wi a 'whiff o the true Scotia.'
1 matches

Aberdeen

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,
1 matches

(South) East Central

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

1 matches

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

1 matches

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.
1 matches

@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

West Central

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

1 matches

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
1 matches

Edinburgh

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
1 matches

General 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

1 matches

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

1 matches

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

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

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
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

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

1 matches

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