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The word 'weel-aff'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
weel-affOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72810
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 52.3 9 1
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 163.5 9 1

Occurrences of weel-aff in Corpus

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
cam weel-kent tae, an wir aye weel-aff. on page 13
drink 'll tink dat a föl is weel-aff. on page 27
Whan I wis weel-aff I towt dat naethin wid come a on page 33
ily an freends an fock dat ir weel-aff, fir dey'll joost aks you bac on page 119
Der wis eence an aafil weel-aff craetir dat bed in a muckle h on page 125
Also on pages 171
9 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
rs or yer kith an kin nor yer weel-aff neepers, they' II jist seek y on page 105

1 matches

General Northern

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
and mair o the like. They wis weel-aff, compared tae afore the war,
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
ea, guid butcher mait fur the weel-aff that haed the siller tae buy
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
but maistly the yunger sons o weel-aff faimlies. Fer ivvery warkin c on page 147

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ature, had been noticin ither weel-aff, an guid, fowk like himsel ma on page 33
ne o them was James Wright, a weel-aff ironmonger wha coontit amang on page 123

2 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
e hypocrisy o wan o the maist weel-aff on page 45

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
ain. Aw at aince, we could be weel-aff and free. Whit then maun we d on page 6

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Doon at Andras', whar weel-aff fowk noo bide, on page 1

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Irth's weel-aff eat an warship wull: Thaim th on page 66

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ha hung'rie an haes turnt tha weel-aff bak empie-hannit. on page 70
proafits. But sorra on youse weel-aff fowk, for ye hae got aa ye ir on page 79
r brithers, yer femlie or yer weel-aff nighbers, acause the' wull on on page 95
follaers: "Yinst thair wus a weel-aff man that haed a bodie lukin e on page 97
Lazarus an tha weel-aff man on page 98
Also on pages 101, 105
9 matches

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