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faan Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words22.2 4.1 63.3 49.7 93 0 0
Number of occurrences718 42 5 16 0 0
Number of authors25 5 10 3 7

Occurrences of faan in Corpus

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Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
ie, chased bi Roman deid, Had faan inti a pit: on page 13
Oor lang-won lear had faan ti dwyne an daise; on page 40

2 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
He's faan in the ditch! on page 35

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
y years. It was ower smaa and faan tae bits, never haen been big on page 37

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
rou, the muckle neb, the chin faan to a runkelt saftness that ho
gane by, that Mr Gray hadnae faan unpushed.
d Mr Gray. Fund him they did, faan doun the auld stair. Maun hae
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Soundless snaw had faan aa through the nicht
1 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
was the tapmaist heicht; but faan eence surmoontit, it gaed wye on page 55
Faan A wun tae this pairt o ma lan on page 56

2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
'An faan did the aforesaid daith tak p on page 82

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
o the rodd haed, appearandly, faan asleep. on page 30

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
er fir a filie - hiv you twa faan oot?" Granda tilts his heid. on page 94

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
, unatendid eit thi wickenn's faan ther's drunk laad's gan aboot on page 65

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ie. "I jist thocht he'd mebbe faan in amon the Cuprinol fin be w on page 13
SSED ER DRIVIN TEST AN ALEC'S FAAN AFF A WAA!'" on page 27
ay at the Meldrum fairmer hid faan oot o the ugly tree an hutten on page 48
their fitprints in the fresh-faan snaa. on page 77

4 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Little Boy Blue's faan asleep on page 74
i'rice frae her curry 'at had faan on i'fleer on page 115

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
d broken awa an the twins had faan intae the pothole. So Gavin t on page 18

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
wad be caapable o leadin; an faan there wasna sic a veesitor, t on page 25

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
Jist than a Faan cam stravaigin past: it gomed on page 45
furrit wi's a bittikie," the Faan said. "I canna myn o't here." on page 46

6 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
Sabbath Day an ilka Tyesday, faan we haud the prayer meetin.' on page 88

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
the oatmeal tin. His it maybe faan doon the back?” She stairte
1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
been deid drunk masel, an had faan inti the grave an passed oot.
Ah think Ah must hae faan inti a dwam, for the neist th
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
'Foo are ye faan frae Heiven, o Lucifer, son o
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
s stiffen an heave. Jenny hid faan in wi the flat frae the first
1 matches

Crawford, Jack The Pluffer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
mpty pen and a bag o’ peas. Faan I got there I wis walking abo
1 matches

Coutts, Pete Belhelvie, (bandcamp 2016) Doric, poetry
Noo faan the loon comes in aboot and s
1 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
gloryhole. Fair pits folk oot faan ye're playin Cairds Agin Huma(2020) search twitter
ssure: A'll awa an get a neep faan the veg shoppie opens. Lantre(2020) search twitter
onvincin. Micht pit a thir in faan A'm writin files. https://t.c(2020) search twitter
Aye. Mine eence pit 'wifie' faan A wintit 'wifi'. ?? https://t(2020) search twitter
Corriander faan it's nae cookit. Gyaad! https(2020) search twitter
and 8 other occurrences.

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
the conversaetion is faggan, faan, on page 84

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
As faan apin faan blocks the fight on page 113

2 matches

Lamb, Gregor Lamb’s Tales, (The Orkney Dictionary 2005) Orkney, prose
Mervyn (we’ll call him) is faan oot,’ bit she wis so mad wi
I said, ‘Mither Mervyn’s faan oot o the car.’
2 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
? "I winder foo mony mile A'm faan bi dis time?" shö said, oot on page 9
at somewye or idder shö wis faan ida sea, "an dat bein da case on page 21
hit wis only a moose, at wis faan in lack hersel. on page 22
aa da birds an animals at wis faan athin him; dey wir a Deuk an on page 24
wis juist possible at he wis faan intae a cucumber-frame, or so on page 37
Also on pages 54
6 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
g couple she'd blocked. I wis faan in wi da wife yesterday wirki on page 43
on my jacket, "Da rüf is no faan in, an we're no been struck b on page 52
"It ...most a faan ... intae da soup ..." I answ on page 53
I tocht da man wis faan a fule, an didna ken what ta on page 55
sweed dem, till dey wir kinda faan ipon, dat gie dem a special f on page 63

5 matches

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
efter a while I göd below an faan him a oilskin an a pair o hal
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, weans
a bourach o slates that haed faan aff the Laich Hoose ruif - "
1 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
lour, and some o da flesh had faan aff o pairts. Hits head wis b
1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
Everybody in Shetland is just faan mad fir Tony’s Chocolonely, (2021) twitter link

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
n under. Dirs mony a night im faan asleep sandwiched atween him (2018) twitter link

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