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The word 'sofa'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sofaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.13318
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 32.8 3 3
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 75.1 12 3
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
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 sofa in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Noo, shift thee aff that sofa till I maak her up a bed. on page 51
Then Zak fell ower the sofa and he rolled aboot the floor on page 59

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
tae the antrin body wintin a sofa tae doss upon in times o trib
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
an Scrat war fechtin ahin the sofa, bit they stoppit at the sich
sofa wi ma cleuks.”
2 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
an the back o the sofa on page 50

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
maun feel tae nae hae a comfy sofa tae come hame an park yer bah
1 matches

The Flying Pigs The ‘Naked Cleaners’ idea is appalling. It’s sexist, demeaning, and at £80 an hour, steep, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
x and chill’ wi’ me on my sofa (Cooncillors – you ken fa y
1 matches

General Northern

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
d it aff and lay back oan the sofa starin up at the ceiling. The on page 42
'll throw himsel doon oan the sofa and faa asleep in front o the on page 44

3 matches

TheChielMeister Philomena and Alcohol, (youtube.com 2010) Doric, poetry
Fag burns oan the sofa
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
aper. Sandra's sittin oan the sofa, watchin the telly. Although on page 1

2 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
le of hours relaxation on the sofa each night. Christ she’s eve(2020)

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Sprawl't acroas ma brand new sofa Wis Fang the bitch wi’ hauf
1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
id aboot the hoose an oan the sofa ‘’One of Us’’ had bee
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
A’ was lyin’ on the sofa,
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
yet Sick Boy’s sat oan the sofa, a Sean Connery marathon on t
oon on th’ other end of the sofa and stare blankly at the tell
i yells at us from across the sofa, flicking th’ end of ay fag
it, he’s sidling along the sofa towards us, yin arm along the
yin arm along the back of the sofa.
9 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
man and he zonks oot oan the sofa. And kennin Bruce like ah dae
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
They baith plonk doon oan the sofa. But then Craigy suddenly ris
1 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah plonk ma arse back oan the sofa. There really is nae fool lik
1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
e frae yella widd, includit a sofa wi a muckle widden humphie-ba on page 137

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
ay an ilka day, sittin on the sofa in his outer office,
1 matches

Curt_Kenobi Mates, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
Ah'm sittin oan the sofa next tae Sick Boy. Eh's spraw
1 matches

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