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The word 'caff'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
caffOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.2147
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 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) 58.1 1 1
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) 36.3 2 1

Occurrences of caff in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
e e cornyard, an he'll burn e caff in a fire att will nhivver gy on page 9
ll his barn; bit he'll burn e caff in a fire att'Il nivver gyang on page 84
er riddles e gweed corn fae e caff. Bit A've prayed for ye att y on page 117

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
faces brunt broon bi the sun, caff fleein like gowden stoor frae
'Noo ye maun gyang tae the caff-hoose for a shakk o Auld Horn
an cauld war herdit inno the caff hoose. Still blinfauld, ain a
3 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
inge the warld, redd it o the caff. It’s the purifýin fire.â€
1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
-farrant wey and blaw awa the caff wi their breith, sin the ferm
1 matches

General Central

MacMinto, Gregor The Magic Brainch, (wordpress 2021) Central, blog
there nocht fur him furby the caff at’s left frae the rice, wh
€˜Syne, least gie me a laid o caff.’ ‘Ye can tak as muckle o
rle. There wis fuftie secks o caff liggin on the chap. By times
3 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
The flaff an flirry o the caff, on page 27

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
¯ntae hïs barn an burnin tha caff wi a fire ye cannae pit oot." on page 3
hïs barn; but he'll burn tha caff wi a fire ye cannae pit oot!" on page 74

2 matches

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