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The word 'caf'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
cafOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.13729
ORK - Orkney 49.7 5 3
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
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 42 4 3
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 53.1 5 1
EDN - Edinburgh 24.8 4 3
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 2
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 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of caf in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
We gaed tae the local café and I thowt things could ge on page 43

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
the greasy spoon grundhog day café on page 12
as I wis aboot tae oppen the café, on page 22

3 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
and a cup o tea at Charlie's Café. on page 86

1 matches

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
ced tea, m8 dis is da Harbour Café dir is 0% chance o an iced (2019) twitter link

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
n soup day at the Peerie Shop Café.(2018)

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
They sat in the hospital café, steerin their coffee thegi
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
twaa or mair auld ladies in a caf if ye wint a nice queart coff(2014)

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
, sic as IDA Zimsen, hae cosy cafés far ye can curl up in a ba on page 12
can sit ootside o wee widden cafés an restaurants an jist soa on page 17

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
coffee in Jack’s Auld Toun Café alang the road fae King’s
1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
Sae doon we gaed tae the café; an it wasna lang afore Fer
1 matches

General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
y wir doon the Gairden Centre café. Neixt a nurse cums breezin
1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ka1 @aberdeencity Sand dollar café doon e beach(2019)

(South) East Central

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
mascus Drum, a gallus Turkish café. "Dae ye ken hou tae uise a
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
up, fowk sat in cabals in the café bar o the Byre Theatre in S
1 matches

Letford, William Bevel, (Carcanet 2012 ISBN: 978 1 84777 192 6) Central - Stirling, poetry
Café culture
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Ah seen her doonstairs in the café bar wi her ma who wis chewi on page 169

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
e county had its ain dockside cafés - places whaur the aver on page 56
t in aw the years she ran yon café there wis nivver a hint o on page 57
ccasionally he sat in her wee café eftir the dennir rush wis on page 61

5 matches

Edinburgh

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
sh chap. They wir sittin in a café an this man cam up an start on page 76

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
haim? He sut doon in a street café an ordert tea. He had tae g
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
iggin cawin itsel the Terrace Café. He suin formed a plan wher
ild somethin like the Terrace Café. Bit this hing wis oan a di
2 matches

Glasgow

Kennedy, Julie Ma Mum and William Wordsworth, (Howkin Words Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1399988971) Central, prose
In the wee Italian café, next door tae the Co-op, t on page 13

1 matches

General Central

Watt, George T. Lallans 104 - Ordnar Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
ages, peace. Thay cam tae ae 'café Project' Tae larn Scots/ En on page 89

1 matches

Sangster, Maureen Lallans 73 - Stars, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
An me in the café in Lochgelly, drawin the si on page 56

1 matches

Smith, George Electrical Love, (Thi-Wurd 2013) Central, prose
dly any room. Too early for a café. Westy’s never been a tok
1 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
Here, whan's the neist Scots café set tae be? Cidnae gae tae (2018)

@OliphantWullie tweeted
pas when sitting in my local café tweeting in Scots recently (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
1965, staunin outside Joe’s Café in Selkirk Market Place wi
1 matches

The Westender Ins and oots, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
hone no the best? Taddies hed cafés and the bingo and did they
1 matches

General Ulster

McMaster, Anne Yarns 3 - Tha Gift / At Sea / Hairst Light, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ulster, poetry
Ah’m in ma local café, houlin’ a coffee near ti
1 matches

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