A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example ahint

- pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings - fine-grain concord -

Use in varieties of Scots

puffs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.6 3.2 1.6 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences86 1 0 0 0 1
Number of authors7 5 1 1

Occurrences of puffs in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
nt oot tae face thaim. He saw puffs o white reek frae the muskets on page 51

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
he says nothing at all, just puffs on page 60
et. I cuidna accoont for thae puffs o smoke, though. When lookit on page 78

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
t fae the government in their puffs. Wur shamefully directed stra on page 86

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
had a few puffs an sip or three o coffee in t on page 50

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah take a couple ay puffs, inhalin deeply then gie him
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
nted, his breath comin oot in puffs o steam. on page 30

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
e o the weans, airin huffs an puffs o frustration in the confined on page 1

1 matches

Web Analytics