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The word 'fluffy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fluffyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.32113
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 2
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 18 7 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
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 fluffy 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.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Were seven fluffy chickens that hid hatched oot on page 12
A dizzen fluffy chickens got an early morneen on page 14
A fluffy tartan blanket and a lucky 'g on page 41

3 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
s tae visit, me new bolero - fluffy on page 13

1 matches

Shetland

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
d-up stuff; leave it light an fluffy ta let da wind blaa it dry an
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Meenie’s Viking spoon, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
fae ahint. An hit is usually fluffy an waftin o shampoo. Is dat r
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Her hair on eyn, her fluffy tail A gweed sax inches roon on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
tit te a lang leather seat wi fluffy fite tools biggit up it baith on page 82

1 matches

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
t, mappies are sometimes caud fluffy tails or sometimes bunnies, a on page 34

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
e Primaries wis "Ma Brither's Fluffy Toys" bi Rachel Valentine P6C
1 matches

McFarlane, Ishbel Does Scotland compare weil wi ither places fir wee bairnies?, (The National 2019) Central, newspaper
wi particular stress oan the fluffy-luggit jaikit that wis, if on
s born! An she’s oot o thon fluffy-luggit jaikit lang syne (91st
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
MA BRITHER'S FLUFFY TOYS
A fluffy toy ye see,
Beside his fluffy dugs!
3 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
reserved oan yin ae they big fluffy clouds high up in the sky, of
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ee hoors time, wi a big white fluffy hotel towel for wir wet hair. on page 3

3 matches

General Central

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
sometimes feel that way about Fluffy, Murdo, Annie, Wee Willile, U(2020)

@ThonJacobite tweeted
hotel. Hopefully they hae big fluffy hoosecoats and yon wee white (2021) twitter link