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The word 'affronted'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
affrontedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.1138
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 49.9 4 1
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of affronted in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
affronted whin he cam intae the ospital on page 18

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Facebook link ( 2013) Doric - Buckie
I am black affronted that a canna hiv a proper ban

(South) East Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
efter aw. Ma mither wiz black affronted whin Ah tellt hur. 'Cawin yer on page 78

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
ice. 'Youse men shud be bleck affronted, makin' these wummen cairry y on page 17
aboot the sea. Ah wad be mair affronted if ma man hid tae wade oot ta on page 20

2 matches

General Central

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
They get richt black-affronted on page 42

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
felt share eet must b' richt affronted. "Oo wunnae talk aboot hur on on page 21
atures wouldnae b' sae easily affronted!" on page 49
"He oucht tae b' affronted at eersel fur askin sic a sim on page 93
"Nae wei!" said Ahlice affronted. on page 93

4 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
's. The men fae the pit stood affronted roon the wa', feet shuffling, on page 76
hoose, and Wee Josie wis awfy affronted, his face bricht scarlet as h on page 81

2 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
wi my aul Ma: I was quare an affronted. Thon cuddy's a dirty baist! (2014) twitter link