A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'afor'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
aforOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.7259
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 22.6 17 2
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 28.1 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of afor in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
nd back in their field but no afor they'ed aten the shaas off on page 128

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
a stopeen paint fir travlirs: afor creus ships hid wis Briteesh
1 matches

Shetland

Laurenson, Hannah Lisa Da Maa's Eggs, (Hands Up For Trad 2019) Shetland, prose
eds and all tell you da story afor Willy Winky comes.”
1 matches

General Northern

Coutts, Pete Belhelvie, (bandcamp 2016) Doric, poetry
er the dyke, Ye best jump aff afor she coups”
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
wk. Miss Honey stood stievely afor, the Heidie. For wanst she wi on page 80

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e Poll Tax in Scotland a year afor, England anither clear breach on page 18

1 matches

General Central

@iainnicol tweeted
4 Stock up on petrol and fuid afor ye gang!(2020)

@raiphsays tweeted
rin it an a huv never seen it afor. Jus a walloper..(2020)
peepee wul win! He wis winnin afor an he still is winnin! :D(2020)
jus aw no say enyhin aboot it afor!(2020)
ff up tae 30/8/20! Hit redeem afor checkoot! :D https://t.co/KRA(2020)
miracal happen a hope tae go afor. A wis in Germany fur efter c(2020)
and 11 other occurrences.

General Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
Whin ye need a haimer afor ye use tha weelbarra! ?????? (2021) twitter link
Whin ye need a haimer afor ye use tha weelbarra! ?????? (2021)