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The word 'laafu'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
laafuOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1102
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 126.5 9 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of laafu 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
ers an e Pharisees gin it wis laafu tae mak fowk aa better on e S on page 105

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General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
* A new maide laafu duty oan the Depairtment o' L on page 14
in line wi' hits laafu remit. on page 18
enel 'grees at the plen bes a laafu duty onie oan the Norlin Airl on page 21
* The cairryin oot o' a laafu review wi'in 3 monthts o' thi on page 25
Depairtment o' Lear's existin laafu' pooers. on page 26
Also on pages 58
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