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The word 'affront'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
affrontOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.13321
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 45.8 14 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 3
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 2
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 2
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of affront in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
frontit is maed up wi da noun affront + da adjective endin - it. It on page 102

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
uest's 'a" onner, well fit an affront, thi doarmin widna hay neen ' on page 39
ot aat eis an lauchen, fit an affront, fur thi feirst tyme a weis b on page 65

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
el in trouble, yet. Ere's nae affront in admittin ye'r deef, ye ken on page 23
a bliddy budgie te me! Fit an affront te a maan o ma size." Sandy g on page 36
"THE AFFRONT!" roart Faither, leukin up fa on page 65

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
oyce an saa her face flush wi affront. "Na, ye're aricht - wi'll j on page 7
Joyce shook her heid. "Fit an affront ye are. Aat wis oota order." on page 9
n, thocht Vi, a fresh flush o affront waashin ower her as she picti on page 30
ye are...naethin bit a damnt affront.' The memory o ma faither's f on page 43

5 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
An syne er face grew black wi affront. "At's likely foo the neebour on page 23
n although fit happent wis an affront fir him an a bit of a shame, on page 50

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
he hid taen it as a personal affront tae himsel an his poseetion a
spayver, Geordie, yer a damt affront comin inno the kirk wi yer sh
2 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Aye, but he's a complete affront on page 18

1 matches

General Northern

@glenlivetloon tweeted
ly fae my hame area... fit an affront.(2020)

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
his deid claes. It wes a blek affront! An nae maitter hou he cockit on page 46

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy No on BBC, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ke Snorri's Saga for the pure affront o its hyperbole.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
e hae this honour. This black affront cuidna be taen in. Athoot wai
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
want tae say onythin that wid affront Miss Honey. on page 183

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
We won't black affront yees on page 116

1 matches

Edinburgh

Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
ades o devolution shuid be an affront tae us aw. An the reason fir
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
but an affront tae aa penne munchers on page 23

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
staunin up an walkin awa. "Ye affront me wi yer daft blethers!" on page 30

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
as humphed an gruntit at this affront tae his Kirk, an cairrit on w on page 24

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - Napoleon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
s revenge fir this sair black affront,
1 matches

General Central

Cameron, Peter Lallans 75 - The Raid on Clydebank, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
to gie a bairn affront;
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Ahlice didnae wish tae affront th Dormoose agin, sae she ste on page 73

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
forrit, an he isna myndit ti affront sindrie writers bi no makkin on page 5

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Reynolds, Charlie An Appeal frae tha hairt, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
Ullans lovers dinnae maak an affront oot a tongue yese dinnae even
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
'An absolyute affront tae on page 16

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Aunt Maisie tae me, wud it no affront ye tae tak Grannie ontewhaur! on page 45

1 matches

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