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The word 'chuff'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
chuffOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.174
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 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 chuff in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
p's tae ma, 'o' aye weis fair chuff't, "Best theing aifter a chaw on page 30

1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
in the ingle, an she wes fell chuff't tae finn at there wes a rae on page 14
ed raison, an Ailice wes fell chuff't tae ken o't. "I niver thoch on page 27

2 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
as if they wur hauf deid, fur chuff's sake! on page

3 matches

South West (Galloway)

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
"Pendicle Road yer chuff! Ther's never been a set a ga
1 matches

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