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The word 'buff'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
buffOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.41816
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 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 buff in Corpus

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Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Titanium buff gress on page 18

1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
her peerie lass discovered a buff-tailed today here in Shetland(2020)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
. Seconds later, the computer buff hid wirked is magic an the pr on page 50

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
his yin wiz different. It wiz buff coloured and hid a reed line
1 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
as she tried tae buff awa on page 9

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
ae dae their hoovering in the buff.
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
Iss sounit like buff an styte tae Ailice, sae she on page 29
Iss sounit like buff an styte, but Ailice steed up on page 100

2 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
wn4430 aye a wee pacey in the buff lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
haill Roman Empire on in yir buff. on page 142

1 matches

General Central

Aitchison, Craig Lallans 102 - Sea Room and Hunger Stanes, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
Swelterin. Gress scaudert buff, forfaren on page 45

1 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
n A claes, richt doon tae the buff, and pretended tae dress him on page 64
un doon the Royal Mile in the buff!" on page 68

2 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
se to receive and unlatch the buff envelope. There is a momentar on page 72

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
e in the army; it had a kinna buff-coloured cover an metal catch on page 45

1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Tae Ilka Scots Makar an Scriever, (twitter.com 2022) Central, poetry
They'll knap that the buff o the sheuch isnae richt
1 matches

@changed_days tweeted
ra isny playin well here. The Buff causin alarm, but naebdy ther (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
@NicolaSturgeon As a history buff, within ma abilities and expe (2021) twitter link