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The word 'skiff'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
skiffOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7129
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of skiff in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Noor steers her skiff trou the voyd hulks. Hid's be on page 30
s or byres - sheu speeds the skiff - or tombs or warks - speed on page 31
er geyran face. Noor sets the skiff tae drift an leans back in he on page 34
hers her notts an putters her skiff oot tae the Wrack-Hofn. Hid's on page 101

4 matches

Shetland

Sinclair, James Yarnin, (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
I mind wis takkin a peerie skiff doon aff da beach
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
glammach at it wi a ragglish skiff an ettl't tae hesp it again. on page 67

1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - Droozie Driftin, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
The skiff is cosh an tozie, on page 92

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Sammy Skiff on page 21

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
smoothlie A skiff, see, in cannel-wuid coble on page 19

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
in flicht thay skiff ma goun. on page 37

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
skiff an cockler lang cast aff, ilk on page 30

1 matches

General Ulster

@HurchinHome tweeted
maguire It's fascinating how "skiff" becomes "skift" within a rel(2020)