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The word 'cliffs'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
cliffsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus93023
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 29.1 5 5
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 22.9 7 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 91.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 2
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
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 cliffs in Corpus

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Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
s caals echo on the Skiba Geo cliffs on page 16

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
anticipation, walks on the cliffs, on page 123

1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
ither folk; or saw blue cliffs miles aaf, topped on page 21

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
the mind, mind has mountains; cliffs of fall (GM Hopkins) on page 29

1 matches

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Minni-Babbi, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, prose
uld see fokk staandin apö da cliffs, lookin oot an watchin as dey
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
in da Romaniera. Breathtaking cliffs #Shetland(2013)

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
tae Eshaness Lighthoos daday #cliffs #Shetland #Scenery #sea #coas (2018) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
fy seat owerluikin the quarry cliffs an the sheer drap doon tae th
regrine falcons nestin on the cliffs. They're makkin documentaries
built palaces in the immense cliffs..
3 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ermin stood at the heed o the cliffs lookin oot at the sea. He shu
him staanin at the heed o the cliffs lookin doon at Tarlair an oot
2 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
walk three times a day roon i cliffs o Cove near Aiberdeen. He's n(2019)
wi een. He wis aimin aff the cliffs and let go wi his thoomb stil(2021)

General Northern

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
at the back, and the coast wi cliffs nae far awa. Even though they
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ventually they saw the muckle cliffs o the island. on page 30
ugh burns, clattered roon the cliffs and burst its wey through hoo on page 33

2 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
The steed makes for the cliffs of Fife The waves rage below. on page 6

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
h dwinin awaa til the far-aff cliffs. Doris pushed wi braw
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
fae Russia ti thi cliffs o Dover. on page 57

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
e field wis fou o hummocks an cliffs o ice an ye cuidnae see far a on page 38

1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
kin fart the tune o The White Cliffs o Dover' on page 43

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ber, tae be wrecked ablow the cliffs o Deerness in the Orkneys in on page 39

1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
May, Ah rin ower tae the hie cliffs tae luik doun oan grey seals on page 14

1 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
fine fillock tae quietlik cliffs, an loss masel on page 37

1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
he house, in the field by the cliffs. Do yi believe me? Could yi b
iddle o the field towards the cliffs and headed fir the light. And
ng oot towards the edge o the cliffs. The sea is louder, and fae t
3 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
seek thir refuge high on the cliffs o Lagg, on page 25

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
cliffs, yon soor sho'oer o bastirts on page 66

1 matches

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