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Use in varieties of Scots

skiff Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 2.1 1.5 39.7 5.8 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences124 1 4 1 1 1
Number of authors9 4 1 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of skiff 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

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
skiff an cockler lang cast aff, ilk on page 30

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Sammy Skiff on page 21

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
smoothlie A skiff, see, in cannel-wuid coble on page 19

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - Droozie Driftin, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
The skiff is cosh an tozie, on page 92

1 matches

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
glammach at it wi a ragglish skiff an ettl't tae hesp it again. on page 67

1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Noor steers her skiff trou the voyd hulks. Hid's be on page 30
s or byres - sheu speeds the skiff - or tombs or warks - speed on page 31
er geyran face. Noor sets the skiff tae drift an leans back in he on page 34
hers her notts an putters her skiff oot tae the Wrack-Hofn. Hid's on page 101

4 matches

Shetland

Sinclair, James Yarnin, (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
I mind wis takkin a peerie skiff doon aff da beach
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
in flicht thay skiff ma goun. on page 37

1 matches

Ulster

@HurchinHome tweeted
maguire It's fascinating how "skiff" becomes "skift" within a rel(2020) search twitter