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Use in varieties of Scots

afternoon Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words32.3 48.9 4.5 9.9 5.8 31 0
Number of occurrences10597 3 1 1 3 0
Number of authors25 18 3 1 1 2

Occurrences of afternoon in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
see us. A'm hopin fur a quiet afternoon after the drama, a few joints on page 49

1 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
that, son, Da said tae me one afternoon when a wis slipping gummies i on page 36

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
This afternoon ah wis sittin in the canteen on page 28
This afternoon when me an Harpreet went up t on page 34
it Christmas Alphabet song aw afternoon. She played it aboot ten time on page 40
ed intae Emma an her pal this afternoon in Paisley when me an Harpree on page 58
hris Rice come up fur us this afternoon wearin his Celtic top an him on page 69
Also on pages 70, 94, 101, 117, 123, 124, 127, 137, 169
20 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
'Afternoon, first year,' Mrs Smith says. on page 43
were awful quiet in R.E. this afternoon.' on page 50

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
though it's the middle o the afternoon, and ah'm far fae tired, ah s on page 92

1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
other man, Evans announced ‘afternoon Nichols, ya big beautiful bas
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
About five afternoon there was a great fiery star,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e yours, I’ll call you this afternoon once I get confirmation.’
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
I waited till afternoon break an’ went up tae the S
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
t want to keep you from your afternoon nap.” She leant forrit. “
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
think of my speech yesterday afternoon?" Uncle Rob taen her gently b
1 matches

Smith, George Electrical Love, (Thi-Wurd 2013) Central, prose
Red Light District – early afternoon. Bar’s dark – wae low cei
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
ddy had a bad turn, jist this afternoon and we had tae go tae the hos
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
Afternoon peeps... Well that's the jalo (2023) twitter link
@DesFitzpatrick5 Afternoon Des... Hope all's guid wi' ye (2022) twitter link
@linda_kinnon Afternoon Linda... Best in the hoose an (2023) twitter link
@AwTroon Afternoon A.. That's the afternoon draw (2022) twitter link
@AwTroon Afternoon A... How ye doing..? And what (2022) twitter link
and 31 other occurrences.

@jax6754 tweeted
thMe A know its only Thursday afternoon, but.........well a want it t(2014) search twitter
eCoachWithMe And my goal this afternoon is tae start reading "You Are(2014) search twitter
ak part in Carol Service this afternoon! #inthechoir(2014) search twitter
r fam tae Jeff! An I'm ready! Afternoon of reading and study now. xxx(2015) search twitter
@ollyofficial afternoon massage which a got as birthd(2015) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
d gloves and thermals by late afternoon, and the gazebo blows awa tae(2020) search twitter
bad ava. They've earned their afternoon fine piece. We are even fairl(2020) search twitter

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
zieb @jojodinks79 @star_welsh Afternoon gorgeous ?? doesnae matter ab (2022) twitter link
mSleepRepeat @martinjlansdell Afternoon gorgeous ?? hope you've had y (2022) twitter link
zieb @jojodinks79 @star_welsh Afternoon gorgeous ?? see if ya can fin (2022) twitter link
rtinjlansdell @marebearturner Afternoon gorgeous ?? yer nae wrong. Ar (2022) twitter link
ou tae have nae words hen! ?? Afternoon howzitgoan? (2022) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

@weenell3 tweeted
@g_hibby Afternoon Hibby still recovering fae th (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e theres still a game on this afternoon lol (2020) twitter link
leshot and onto pinkie for an afternoon game - nip hame n c hibs wom (2021) twitter link
y new listen in on a saturday afternoon whether i am at a match or no (2020) twitter link
afternoon guys - gee me the nod if the (2020) twitter link
layer at my other game in the afternoon - u no who u r guys - b oan (2020) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ou'll have some visitors this afternoon." on page 46

1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
and Beattie’s comments this afternoon and then Maitlis tonight on # (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
deid shrub that wis on Sunday afternoon https://t.co/dUdqeIfZTV(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
ae concentrate on drills that afternoon, and when he left the buildin
1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
A bonny sky at Sumburgh dis afternoon and thousands o guillemots an(2015) search twitter

Southern

@officialAliRed tweeted
Spent this afternoon with Mrs Smith’s wonderfully(2019) search twitter
Afternoon saunter round Barrmill Park ?(2019) search twitter

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
food and drinks. Non-stop all afternoon well intae the late nicht! Un(2020) search twitter