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The word 'nyaff'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nyaffOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.42418
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 18.6 14 9
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 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 nyaff 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.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Yon wee nyaff." Ruth snortit. "Fa wid wint on page 75

1 matches

General Northern

@cligeey tweeted
@BBCSportsound He is a wee nyaff running oot his contract If t(2020)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
gie him accident! Fuckin wee nyaff.' on page 1

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
so she owned up. But some wee nyaff had pinched it. If she'd kept on page 46

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
no haein a wee five-year-auld nyaff sittin wi the big lassies and on page 82

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Afore thon nyaff St Ninian came, on page 92

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
wey but the greetin-faced wee nyaff didnae seem tae realise it. H on page 63

1 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
y. Richt, Peter, let this wee nyaff in afore a chynge ma mind.' on page 50

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
aired Cindy, 'Lea's alane, ya nyaff!' on page 8
s orders were: 'Knife the wee nyaff!' on page 23

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ina, 'I cannae thole that wee nyaff!' on page 41

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
that chookie is a tottie wee nyaff! I am the tallest o them aw' on page 58
terie wee loun! Ye mingin wee nyaff! Bring me a tassie o tea at w on page 69

2 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
'Ye nippy wee nyaff! said Mr Tod. 'I micht hae ja on page 61

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
jist whit is ma plan, ya wee nyaff?" on page 96

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Try no tae be a nyaff. on page 8

1 matches

Goodbrand Saunders, Donald Lallans 67 - Twa Owresettins frae Heine, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Ye're a nyaff, a naethin on page 55

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
immer, lintie, misca, midden, nyaff, pitmirk, poke, rowth, scart,
1 matches

Coyne, Hilary The giant’s wife – or Ailsa the irked, (hilarycoyne.com/ 2021) Central, prose
e wis getting riled. Then the nyaff pretended not to even be hims
1 matches

@fourmenterian tweeted
. You really are a shifty wee nyaff.(2020)

@billykayscot tweeted
Surely the adolescent is the nyaff criticising someone for prote(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
fae the odd nyaff or melt on page 14
She's nae pairty nyaff in expenses-peyed suit, on page 77

2 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
uage No bad but no a patch on nyaff ??(2020)

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