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Use in varieties of Scots

alfie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.1 0 3 0 5.8 0 146.1
Number of occurrences360 2 0 1 0 33
Number of authors4 2 1 1

Occurrences of alfie in Corpus

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Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
aye day a wels cummen awa fae Alfie's John's stoar, up fae thi Li on page 67

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
a,' she says, 'but Ah'll tell Alfie (that wis me) ti hae a look f on page 76

1 matches

Shetland

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
cRatter Yes! I’ve also heard Alfie say “dey’d geen tae da limp(2018) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
nae closed the curtains afore Alfie had left tae caal on a sick p on page 30
im. She was mair at ease noo. Alfie wud be hame suin, an she wud on page 31
Nor did Alfie, who was aye catcht atween cu on page 32
inatin? Was this the hysteria Alfie's doctor freen had prescribed on page 34
Alfie was pacin bak an forth in the on page 35
Also on pages 36, 38, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57
33 matches

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