A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'hawf'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hawfOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.1175
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 55.3 11 1
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
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 hawf 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.

West Central

Kirk Jn, Albert Wur Empire's Guid, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Tae cheer wur Queen for hawf an oor;
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
gowpin’ an’ A felt like a hawf p’und o’ cheap mince! Sco
a professionalism only lasted hawf w’y up the corridor afore A
2 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
Efter hawf an oor ae Huns n Roses an no on page 6
winty year aulder. They're aw hawf cut so they don't tell me tae on page 9
e me the strength ae a wummin hawf mah age. on page 11
'Boays,' ah try an hawf shout an hawf whisper tae the on page 25
d tae this place it could be. Hawf the lights are oot in the clo on page 104

6 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
is hing could slice a cunt in hawf nae bother. Mah auntie an mah on page 171
t an when ye get tae the last hawf yer lager's fuckin roastin. G on page 172
and ah cin tell ahm at least hawf cut. on page 173

5 matches

Ayrshire

Wallace, Lorna Tae A Selfie, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2014) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
But hawf ma freens huv seen them aw,
1 matches

Wallace, Lorna An Ode Tae Tinder, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2020) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
An’ naught but hawf oor love affairs
1 matches

General Central

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Ye can thole yer wark fer hawf the year
1 matches

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