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The word 'alfordbrad'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
alfordbradOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.8323
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 119.7 27 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 alfordbrad in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@alfordbrad Yiv nivver been wi Doris's si(2019)
@alfordbrad Picked, sweet. Affa fine(2019)
@alfordbrad Michty. Nithin wirse that yon(2019)
@alfordbrad Still nae feenished!(2020)
@alfordbrad I ken...I ken...Sic a feel.(2020)

General Northern

@cligeey tweeted
@alfordbrad Am nae a fresh water fish fan(2020)
@alfordbrad Watch yer sel(2020)
@alfordbrad @lenathehyena She played Inve(2020)
@lenathehyena @alfordbrad Aye hen(2020)
@alfordbrad Did ye hae a paddle(2020)
and 18 other occurrences.

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@alfordbrad @quodunzerafc @CathersMcG I d(2019)
@alfordbrad Hope ye nipped in for coo fae(2020)
@alfordbrad @KirstySNP @FaeFoggie A'm say(2019)
@alfordbrad @FaeFoggie Jist better carpet(2019)