Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'huff'

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Use in varieties of Scots

huff	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	9.9	33	20
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
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	10.5	1	1
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	12.9	5	5
WCE - West Central	35.5	8	2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	18.6	3	2
GLA - Glasgow	15.1	3	2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	5.3	4	4
SEA - South East (Borders)	72.7	6	1
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 huff in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
een when sheu'd hin her bit o huff. on page 51

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
richt ~ nae need tae tak the huff Dinna overdo it on page 15

1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
Sae awa she gings in the huff an sits doon at the kitchen t on page 76

1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
ettee, ye dinna half gan in i'huff on page 79

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
or age. I suppose he's in the huff. Ay huffin that man. Ay somet on page 1

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
, no Shuggie. She went in the huff an said she wis gaun oot as w on page 26

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
an I made for the door in the huff , Elsie lowpit up an barred my
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
he fish said, "Dinnae tak the huff
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
very mouthful, Ill take the huff. Tense stuff in the Wood hoos(2020)

West Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
disappeared, nae doot in the huff. The years went by an Ah ne'e on page 13

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
rst ah thought she'd took the huff but then ah seen Kelly Marie on page 29
tartet when she took the pure huff wi me cause Wully McCoy went on page 79
rn at hidin an she'd took the huff. on page 80
Charlene took the pure huff wi me when ah tolt her ah'd g on page 96
an then Chris went away in a huff. on page 157
Also on pages 164, 169
7 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
wa o’ the lassies, took the huff an’ buggers aff! Whit dae y
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
lat. At least a week’s long huff which might pull the trigger
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
pes Dougie who’s still in a huff .
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
eadit Alice. "Bit ye take the huff that easy, like!" on page 31
on, this." An he goat up in a huff an went aer tae the ither sid on page 110

2 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah huff and puff while ah scroll tae on page 4

1 matches

General Central

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
listenin tae us. He's in the huff acause A haed pyntit oot his on page 4

1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
rryhill9 @bmc875 He goes in a huff wi everybody by the looks of (2020)

@billykayscot tweeted
The wine gars me thole the huff! Hope @Historic_Ally wha broc(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
C who have obviously tain the huff ower complaints fae real Scot(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Lory, whae at last went in a huff, an would only say, "Ah am au on page 24
lost, then!" said th doo in a huff, as eet settled doon agin int on page 52
t's eet," said th Hatter in a huff: "eet's ay teatime, an 00've on page 71
an th Dormoose piped up in a huff, "If ee cannae b' civil, ee'd on page 72
e," th Gryphon said agin in a huff: "eet sterts 'Ah passed by he on page 104
Also on pages 111
6 matches