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The word 'aff-'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
aff-Occurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus0.311
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of aff- in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
belittlin trøtl at could be aff-pittin tae da islander. on page 79

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
l sighed an tittit, mynin foo aff-han Davie hid bin wi Roddie fi on page 30

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
d the Hen-Hoose Estate bi the aff-takkin locals. The Hen-Hoose l
1 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
le o Mulcaire, which has been aff-limits sin the Saicont Warl Wa on page 124

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
le o Mulcaire, which has been aff-limits sin the Saicont Warl Wa
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
Fegs, gin I iver wes tae faa aff-there nae chunce o't, but gin on page 78

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
hie," A tried tae soond juist aff-the-luif, "what fettle?" on page 125

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
Aff-pittin niver look aside whiles on page 60

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
hie," I tried tae soond juist aff-the-luif, "what fettle?"
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
heir,” sayed hiz sister an aff-tuik hir caumel-hair bavarie.
owpit an objek intilt. Mirren aff-tuik hir
stellit wi mich shouglin an aff-blawin o stame. Shae thocht th
passenger at bad the gaird ti aff-pit’m
4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
s gaun radge ower the on gaun aff-pit bi the Scottish Executive
haim the wad maist like be an aff-pit cause the Dept. haed estai
2 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
He'll aff-haund admit that he's 'no quit on page 57

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
Ingan brie! Ingan brie!” he aff-takkit, an wes gane afoir thai
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
gaein a wee bit aff-kilter on page 31

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
nt her yinee or twice, on the aff-chance that they micht caa her on page 44

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ners. Cook had gied her a wee aff-cut o the roast mutton they'd on page 67

1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
maun be gyte tae seck a well, aff-haund, in the haill sweep o th on page 77

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
the aisle in 1978 in the same aff-white, meringue weddin dress. on page 11
atin mair than a junkie in an aff-licence. on page 57

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
ins wax stith, sair hairts by aff-pit fail on page 31
Aff-pittin niver luik aside whiles on page 44

2 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
(A massive explosion aff-stage; shoutin; screamin.) on page 35

3 matches

Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
emis" - the slicht, shooglie aff-step fae it that is Scots; at on page 4

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
legeitimate wuss o spickers o aff-centre dialecks tae write in t on page 56

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ent Venus got blew awa wi the aff-warld progs sent thon gait, fi
This means that ony rocks fae aff-warld that maks a breenge at i
whan the Viking 1 an Viking 2 aff-warld progs birlin roond Mairs
ny body tae be shut awa in an aff-warld craft. Aince on Mairs fo
ly planets brak up, leain the aff-fawins o itsel ahin, but speir
10 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
-volume Dictionaries an their aff-drawn works; a gallus effort t
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
e oot o Hollywood – a veage aff-warld, a fremmit planet, an oo
ke ony natural rock fawin fae aff-warld an burnin up, but chenge
s threapit, or something mair aff-warld? The war anither puckle
a craft jaloused tae come fae aff-warld – wis the case o fores
ft, but whither ony comes fae aff-warld we canna say for shair a
5 matches

Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
nertisation’ an cam up wi a aff-the-wa , mak-it-up-as-ye-gang-
eative Scotland gaun a bittie aff-piste, wis suin sair disappynt
2 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
33. The Aff-Pit: Chou Pang-yen (1057-1121)
THE AFF-PIT
2 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
s efter ae gey wheen yeir o aff-pittin i pittin pen til paper,
1 matches

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