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The word 'puffin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
puffinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.24319
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 29.4 9 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 72.8 16 5
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of puffin in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
"awww poor birdie". Mak it a puffin and it's forum meltdown, laun(2020)

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
) #britishwildlife #Shetland #puffin #wildlifephotography https://(2017)
ghHead #tammynorie #Shetland #puffin ?? https://t.co/1McOejxjb9(2017)

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
time Nae trouble tae me Kept puffin awa Young fowk dinna dee on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Puffin Billy on page 33
aa at he cud thole o Billy's puffin an blawin. on page 37

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
shoutit Joyce as Morrice cam puffin back inte the room an steed u on page 10
wirkin man, than?" said Roy, puffin oot his chest as Dot met him on page 87

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
aye stannin it the back door puffin awa like a laboratory Beagle. on page 15
she wis back in the kitchen, puffin an pechin. "Ay, Ah can see't. on page 26

2 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
reek; an, feart that Andy was puffin awa in his bed, he chappit on on page 30

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - Three poems, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, poetry
(An haed the lave puffin
1 matches

General Northern

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
like wi baith are," said Dad, puffin oot his chest. on page 92

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
routine. Whatever he’s been puffin theday hus sent him oan a tri
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ats troo - a kin c ee noo - puffin billy lol (2021) twitter link
venue in east lothian - ffs puffin billy is back n follow the sm (2020) twitter link

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
puffin et yon lang fag an straikin h on page 141

1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
Disco is struttin aboot, puffin oot his chest. Rollin his sho on page 14

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
, slow doon wi much weezin an puffin an eek the keys intae the loc on page 3

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
s safe wi me. Ah feel safe wi Puffin. on page 7

9 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah’m puffin the last ay the number as we
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
reathin ya prick.’ he sais, puffin his chist oot.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
cyclically by the relentless puffin ay the patrons throughout the
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
in his forties. Huffin’ and puffin’ as he takes hiz plastic lo
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
re we goat here’s huffin an puffin, aw agitated lookin like heâ€
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
wi its airms fauldit, quately puffin awa at a lang hookah-pipe, an on page 41

1 matches

General Central

Robson, Frances Lallans 82 - The Locomotive, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Trauchlin an heavin an puffin puff-puff, on page 30

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
ig sister, Reddina,' he said, puffin oot his chest a bittie. 'She' on page 19

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
She wis puffin up aw ower! on page 42

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
kitchen, fund theirsels puffin and pechin, as if they had ji on page 50

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
couch like the Queen o Sheba, puffin away oan a Silk Cut cigarette on page 26

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Puffin Billy on page 50

2 matches

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