A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

afor Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 9.8 1.5 19.9 5.8 0 8.9
Number of occurrences2519 1 2 1 0 2
Number of authors9 4 1 2 1 1

Occurrences of afor in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
wk. Miss Honey stood stievely afor, the Heidie. For wanst she wi on page 80

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e Poll Tax in Scotland a year afor, England anither clear breach on page 18

1 matches

@iainnicol tweeted
4 Stock up on petrol and fuid afor ye gang!(2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
rin it an a huv never seen it afor. Jus a walloper..(2020) search twitter
peepee wul win! He wis winnin afor an he still is winnin! :D(2020) search twitter
jus aw no say enyhin aboot it afor!(2020) search twitter
ff up tae 30/8/20! Hit redeem afor checkoot! :D https://t.co/KRA(2020) search twitter
miracal happen a hope tae go afor. A wis in Germany fur efter c(2020) search twitter
and 11 other occurrences.

Doric

Coutts, Pete Belhelvie, (bandcamp 2016) Doric, poetry
er the dyke, Ye best jump aff afor she coups”
1 matches

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
nd back in their field but no afor they'ed aten the shaas off on page 128

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
a stopeen paint fir travlirs: afor creus ships hid wis Briteesh
1 matches

Shetland

Laurenson, Hannah Lisa Da Maa's Eggs, (Hands Up For Trad 2019) Shetland, prose
eds and all tell you da story afor Willy Winky comes.”
1 matches

Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
Whin ye need a haimer afor ye use tha weelbarra! ?????? (2021) twitter link
Whin ye need a haimer afor ye use tha weelbarra! ?????? (2021) search twitter