A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

oaff Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words35.5 58.5 0 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences110110 0 0 0 0 0
Number of authors2 2

Occurrences of oaff in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
Abi rip yer fuckin airm right oaff Ye son,' on page 11

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ght and hud seen it aw kickin oaff. He hud briefly mentioned sut on page 33
ma first race is aboot tae go oaff. Ah, need tae go." on page 34
oarse, Melody Park, is caught oaff the pace early oan. In ma hei on page 36
An he sets oaff tae take a chance oan Nickelo on page 39
how boays yae crashed a smoke oaff aboot two year ago come up ta on page 40
Also on pages 43, 44, 48, 51, 57, 61, 62, 64, 66, 69, 70, 75, 80, 81, 86, 88, 95, 97, 98, 103, 104, 105, 116, 120, 127, 129, 131, 132, 133, 134, 138, 139, 142, 144, 146, 147, 149, 151, 157, 164, 167, 168, 169, 171, 172, 176, 181, 188, 192, 193, 198, 199
64 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ah? Cos even Danny’s littin oaff warnin signs that’s he’s
he refuses tae take his eyes oaff the road. Ah mean, no yince.
believe that a chippy. Or an oaff license. Or some cheap boozer
swipes a thick broon envelope oaff the unit that hus a cinematic
n the post. This boay wanders oaff tae a drawer and brings oot a
7 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
n ‘’ Ah need you tae fuck oaff back doon south and tell yur
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
operate he’s probably teein oaff fae the ninth hole at St Andr
first before ah start settin oaff any premature alarm bells. A
ed up takin a heider straight oaff the toap ae the Scots monumen
me. The doac smiles and gives oaff an aura ae friendliness ‘â€
keyboard. He starts by rhymin oaff a series ae standard procedur
9 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
. It seemed as if ma erse set oaff maire explosions than the fuc
An image that seemed tae set oaff warnin signals in his awready
o. Ah’ve whipped the laptop oaff the table and began firin in
ht oot the front door and are oaff oan a wander in the hope cool
4 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
the wee man cannae even scrub oaff the symptoms ae bowel cancer
e doacturs and droap the hing oaff. And then oan Friday ah’ll
yin wrong fit awey fae fawin oaff a cliff. Finally, we arrive o
ldered that ah’ve no fucked oaff yit. Especially as a queue hu
ly take ma jaicket and jumper oaff tae avoid runnin the very rea
19 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
yin nixt tae him. And wae him oaff tae dreamland ah decide ah wa
o? You really do need tae lay oaff the gear, eh?’’
ews bulletin suddenly flashes oaff in ma mind. ‘’Your mum is
3 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
should be invited tae ma send oaff, n aw that. Oor thoats quickl
’s oaffice again. Wur facin oaff wae yin another, yin final ti
2 matches

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