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The word 'aifterneen'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
aifterneenOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12610
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 45.8 14 3
MNB - Mid Northern B 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 94.8 8 3
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 aifterneen in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
In the aifterneen she likes tae go fae Hoose ta on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
wis at Nellie hid hid an affa aifterneen: fit wi sittin er drivin test on page 23
Durin the aifterneen, Isobel gat roon Davie an he on page 30
Se Ah'm meetin ma John ess aifterneen, an Ah'm jist hopin at he win on page 68
intit oan the back. "At's ess aifterneen," she said. on page 80

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ter said ye widna see oot the aifterneen, bit he'd bin wrang - fir ye on page 20
ee the solicitor again in the aifterneen aboot een o the shops - Ah'l on page 48
n as Ah leed. It wis a Sunday aifterneen - lang an borin. Ah'd sneaki on page 63
hope wi're nae gaun te get an aifterneen o watterwirks." on page 74
jist shovin in time till the aifterneen film." on page 84
Also on pages 87
6 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t's aa arranged fir Setterday aifterneen it ane o yon new widlan beeri on page 14

1 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Doric Sweet Talk, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
For a hale Sunday aifterneen.
For the hale aifterneen
2 matches

Mid Northern B

Fowler, Ross Sunday Fitba wi ma Faither, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
awa tae see her freen fir the aifterneen. She couldna stand fitba an w
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
e cottage gairden in the late aifterneen, she did, of coorse, pit the on page 56

2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
It was aboot the mids o the aifterneen, fan the twa bobbies cam tae on page 78

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
He was trystit that aifterneen tae collogue wi the press abo on page 30

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
hen, ivery day, at twa in the aifterneen, ye can heid tae the main too on page 4

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
aed by on e bus ony Setturday aifterneen, 'ere was naething tae be see on page 89

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Puppet Mannie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, poetry
ccar aa was deen, ilky simmer aifterneen,
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
ther, He’s bidin wi me this aifterneen...
1 matches

General Northern

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
t by. Aathing seemed grey aat aifterneen. Oor backyard a dull slab o g on page 42

1 matches

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
t I hid lost ma pal. So, that aifterneen I followed her an her pals as on page 60

1 matches

General Central

Templeton, Sheila Lallans 73 - Lairnin About Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
They didnae cam hame til aifterneen, on page 55

1 matches

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