A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

affy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words29.3 44.2 3 0 0 41.3 8.9
Number of occurrences9486 2 0 0 4 2
Number of authors20 16 2 1 1

Occurrences of affy in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
there on the grunn didna feel affy guid either, sae I rubbed ma on page 54

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
wey, whit ye want kin cost an affy price on page 47

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
how we hadnae a summer, it's affy on page 8
it's muckle, terrible an affy - on page 75

2 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
wis affy coorse. on page 108

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
at ma bitty paper! Ye read it affy whit ah've wrote here.' on page 48
k Mammy's bottle o hair stuff affy the shelf insteid o yer ain.' on page 57
t huv tae chuck somebody else affy their leet. on page 58
raw man were sookin the faces affy each ither in the moonlicht. on page 93
ae dicht a spreckle o slabber affy her lips. on page 115
Also on pages 121
6 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
same an there seems tae be an affy lot o fowk gettin theirsels i on page 7
h an this is gettin some fowk affy feart tha the impetus taeward on page 8
up the fack that there is an affy lot o in-fechtin in the ranks on page 11
e ideas herein, an it will be affy clear tae ye that A've no tae on page 16
ou sadly oot o print, like an affy lot o guid Scots leeterature on page 17
Also on pages 20, 21, 30, 42, 50, 52, 55, 64, 65, 66, 67, 74, 78, 79, 81, 91, 93, 108, 115, 127, 136, 140, 147
34 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
whut an affy noise on page 25
mak an affy mess, on page 45
But mind you, yi wid look affy bonnie on page 46
O he's an affy laddie on page 119

4 matches

Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
re itsel. Share is in fack an affy guid instance o twae deeffere on page 59

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
class behaviour, tend tae get affy short shrift in Dundee. A've on page 9
d tell me that it's really an affy lot better! on page 10
ty that wuid hae been seen as affy peculiar onieplace else. Ane on page 16
for the Frenchies an fowk got affy suspicious o onieboadie they on page 25
days, holidays were short an affy rare, an the opportunity o le on page 30
Also on pages 75, 77, 79, 85, 90, 95, 96, 97, 102, 103, 116
20 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
e up hope. Sometimes she'd go affy quiet an Ah wunce heard her s on page 76

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
mrs zieman's affy no weel on page 31

1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
salopettes, a puffa jacket . Affy braw. Ah hid anticipatit watc
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
sque. Her limbs were lang and affy pale, giein her the look o a
1 matches

Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
It’s affy unco that fowk on the left ar
1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
ow we hadnae a summer, it’s affy
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
that they were really stealin affy us (the workin classes he cri
1 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
@CullensEwan Awww yer affy kind tae say! ??(2020) search twitter
us nice walks tae dae, a feel affy sorry fur folk at cannae go o(2020) search twitter
@gingertotty Dae it! It affy cheery!(2020) search twitter
ipsUkes A wis hopin at! Am no affy good it judgin bit at size is(2020) search twitter
@PipsUkes Aw you affy kind tae me!(2020) search twitter
and 2 other occurrences.

@LairnScots tweeted
are ye askin aboot the wird 'affy'? Or the wird 'get'? Or has a (2019) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@OfficialSLFL @KeltyHeartsFC affy touchy thae keltie gadgies - (2021) twitter link

Doric

Rebecca, Casey and Stephen The Baby Dragon, the Wolves and the Lassies, (Scots Hoose 2017) Doric, weans
hey met twa wolves wha seemed affy interested in Rebecca. They w
1 matches

TheChielMeister Philomena and Alcohol, (youtube.com 2010) Doric, poetry
Lest oor mooths git affy dry
1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
n has a glossary. Place names affy Scots tae a lot o the time. A(2020) search twitter
apostrophe? ?? Aye I like it, affy romantic and typical o the ti(2020) search twitter
ayscot mebbe kens, he kens an affy lot.(2020) search twitter
@ScotsDictionars Ocht, yon's affy news. Her wark will bide wi u(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
@SgothanGeal Jings, he looks affy hangry! ?????? (2021) twitter link
up, full national dress, it's affy gud ????, she then moved to S(2021) search twitter