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The word 'turf'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
turfOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7127
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 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 1
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of turf in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
e erect a fence roun some new turf they're layin. Mind an get th on page 59

2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
But ilka turf that A turn ower
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Yer Turf Accountants wis a huntit baun on page 121

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
s, an support a new theikin o turf an heather. There were field on page 50
snugglt thegither wi an auld turf dyke at their backs an a warm on page 55

3 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
at an advantage. This is hame turf fur everywan but me. Ma estat on page 10

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
rp coulter sliced the stibble turf an the share turnt it ower li on page 17

1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
@GraemePercy @Domjack8 Turf, seats, dug oots etc.....(2019)

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
signal towers, Wuid an a big turf wa, Fae Bridgeness near Bo'ne on page 5

2 matches

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