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The word 'furra'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
furraOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.9439
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 15.4 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 39.4 30 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 furra 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.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ploo yer furra stracht an true, on page 11
r: he's meeved oan te ploo is furra oan hicher grun. A typical fa on page 89

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
collectors' items noo: singil-furra ploos, the aul binder an reap on page 93

1 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - David, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, poetry
Straicht the furra that he trod on page 13

1 matches

Chapman, Henry , (Facebook 2018) Doric, poetry
(the lang strach furra’s took some doin’ )
1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
@cligeey Is ‘at a sing’l furra ploo??(2021)

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
i yer hairdresser this minute furra hair-dye job. Tell them it's on page 58

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
' lamb in it afore A wint oot furra swaally, jist tae be oan ri s
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
ent me doon tae ri same shope furra a hauf unce a shag, a boax a'
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
verywhair Whin folk came doon furra Glesga Fair Bit noo they caw
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
s nearly ayeweys a ridge or a furra in the wey wherever she wanti on page 81

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
cafes furra wee cuppa. Skoosh case.’
everywhere. The shops close furra few hours but they open again
2 matches

General Central

@raiphsays tweeted
ar Aw fank you a hus a medsin furra pain an ers folk wurs aff an (2020)
@heresDaibhi FURRA REVOLUSHUN!!(2020)
@heresDaibhi FURRA REVOLUSHUN!!(2020)
@heresDaibhi FURRA REVOLUSHUN!!(2020)
@heresDaibhi FURRA REVOLUSHUN!! :D(2020)
and 24 other occurrences.

@bigandymccoll tweeted
nally (I think I even met you furra second in the bar wi Kenny in (2022) twitter link