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The word 'usefu'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
usefuOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.3117
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 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 11.8 9 5
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 usefu in Corpus

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West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
. Go and fund yersel somethin usefu tae dae.' Wi frichtsome sudde on page 34

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
arld tae be lik this. Hooever Usefu it is tae the Wanderers, itâ€
1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
hina frae Arizona. Yon is gey usefu gin a bodie gets tint in the on page 10
as it is bonnie, it is richt usefu.' on page 50

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
verra meenit we cease tae be usefu we are slauchtered wi uggsome on page 6

1 matches

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
Therefore, a usefu amendment tae the Bill micht on page 18

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ft,' said Mr Wonka. 'It's gey usefu. He'll be able tae play the p on page 155

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
book he thocht micht turn oot usefu. on page 95

1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
FAO teachers! Anither usefu resource fir remote lairnin i (2021) twitter link
their NIH site, includin awfy usefu lists of wirds in different d (2020) twitter link
tps://t.co/fLdjnQGehy is awfy usefu fir luikin up Scots wirds. (2017) twitter link

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