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The word 'gluff'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gluffOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.7199
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 110.4 19 9
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
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 gluff in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ta be trimmlin aa ower wi da gluff at shö wis gien him. "Oh, A' on page 22
as dis, hit gae her an aafil gluff, but shö felt at dey wir nae on page 52
- " whin shö got a bit o a gluff, seein da Cheshire-Cat sittin on page 63
e ta demsels a grain efter da gluff o bein tirled headie-craa, an on page 118

5 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
very idea o a lass seemed ta gluff da wits oot o him. on page 37

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
back rounded vowel /gɫɔf:/ (gluff) on page 23
voiced velar stop /gɫɔf:/ (gluff) on page 26
/gɫɔf:/ (gluff) on page 29

3 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
gluff stirleens preenin i da mirror on page 37

1 matches

Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
Efter da gluff I got fae whit joost happened
1 matches

Isbister, Sonny Caves aroond Shetland, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
startit tae faa doon! Whit a gluff dey got! Dey were just aboot
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: A Hamefarin hero, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ed his hoose in sight. Whit a gluff I got when I saa six press ga
1 matches

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
st!” he whispered. “Dunna gluff yon peerie frog.”
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
epit by a hungry fish. Whit a gluff I got! Da idder tadpole I wis
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Cheerio for eenoo . . ., (Shetland Times 2011) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
trow jumps oot an gies you a gluff hit could aesy be wan o dem.
1 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
a cat flap shö got a bit o a gluff, fur Nicol an Ingrid yokkit h
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
I've had a dreadful gluff at da Mainlands coonter - da(2013)

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
yun image of someen gettin a gluff an endin up wi a weet bannock(2020)

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