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The word 'aftimes'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
aftimesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.4118
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 4 3 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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of aftimes in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
spair fin she saa it an tears aftimes helpit tae clear the system.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
ie times throughoot his life, aftimes standing up tae his accusers on page 3

1 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
a player (according tae him), aftimes he would recount tales o his
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
as happens wi bulls in herds aftimes. on page 121
Ah've aftimes unfurled thae flags owre the on page 139

2 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Aftimes daen whit seems richt on page 47

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
the name o the wee man! I've aftimes seen a cat wi oot a grin," th on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
n dwallit in a chaumer ayont. Aftimes, Skald bidit thir an aa. on page 11
aur soorcit frae the wal. Bit aftimes thae rivers chyngit on page 14

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 79 - Oot o the Mooths o Weans, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
ke yers. Hers is aw bleck, ir aftimes broon ir whiles yellae. Cuid on page 92

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Gibson, Darren Solace, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ards, poetry
An skellied een can aftimes glean
1 matches

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