Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

awfae	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	8.9	13.6	3	0	0	0	0
Number of occurrences	29	27	2	0	0	0	0
Number of authors	4	4	1

Occurrences of awfae in Corpus

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Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
he brig ahint ye daesnae leuk awfae sauf!' on page 20
'It's awfae cauld. Cuid ye no gies a haun on page 23
'A'm awfae taigelt, A juist want tae sle on page 24

4 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
'You'r in a awfae lick this mornin,' speirt wee on page 59

4 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
Gray. Dorian wis awfae. He micht o been handsome, if on page 7

7 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
This feels awfae self-indulgent. Then again, B on page 35
atcher the nicht, but ah feel awfae uneasy an aw. Sure ma poem mi on page 53

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
auld carl's tirrivie wes fair awfae. He stendit til hiz feit, dre on page 7

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
"A hiv ma doots, least thay'r awfae hungert nor awfae muckle!" on page 79
"It's awfae muckle for a ratton. Is it no on page 81

3 matches

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
It wis awfae daurk oot in th loaby an quie
1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Died Dan. Bettie said ah wis awfae quiet in the picture hall que
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
d oantae fur years. Ah’m an awfae wan fur the hoardin. Ah open
Ah get awfae travel sick when ah try tae r
explain. “Then ah gat this awfae pain in ma chest, ah’ve nev
other end o the room. It’s awfae dark, and a photie o ma lungs
4 matches

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
"Yon's awfae! Sae whit cam o you efter?" A on page 98
A cuidnae stop fidgin sumhin awfae masel wi ma erse gaun taibitl on page 100

2 matches