A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

facin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.9 14.9 6 0 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences3529 4 0 0 1 1
Number of authors24 19 3 1 1

Occurrences of facin in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
tae awn withoot facin on page 104

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Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
verse; but here A am deid but facin the Almichty hissel. So A'm s on page 49

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
wi his back tae the village, facin her oan the stane, he didnae on page 1

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
facin thair imminent demise thinks on page 21

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
sun, slantin throu the south-facin open door, cast a guid licht on page 22
Stricken wi grief and facin prospects drear, she wis nou on page 63

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
up in Montrose, whar eis facin on page 78

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Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
minority language needs whan facin the massive pressures brocht on page 109

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ony atmosphere wi ae side aye facin awa fae the sun – the sae c
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Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
The peasant stude facin the doctor, at the fit o the
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Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
The stoic auld hermit facin life’s ills,
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Ane o the problems facin a leid as dounhauden an mixtu
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Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
meenster seems ayeweys tae be facin back, intae a time when there
tties, a line or twa o verse, facin oot on the Canongate Waw. Nae
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Yer facin yer fears like a bloody champ
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ere a different set o kinches facin western European threitened l
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
wifie sittin in an easy chyre facin him an giein him a smile as b
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Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
ae ma mind that’s the issue facin’ us. It worries me. But, An
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ny man wha kent hissel tae be facin daith. She tane the line an c
geys wis kept. He fund hissel facin Nusiret an hauf a dizzen ithe
faced thaim. The three spears facin the dug’s heid. Raggle led
t his erm roon hers, his haun facin the opposite wey. Thair een m
it up. He copied her. She wis facin the tae wey; he faced the tit
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Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n afore lookin forward again, facin the waw in front ay him, seet
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
cuid be airtit at the kinches facin the Scots language an aw. If
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
t ma ain history. Involuntary facin up tae the reality that ma fu
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
be sae dignified when ah’m facin a similar predicament as him.
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
r Hill’s oaffice again. Wur facin oaff wae yin another, yin fin
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@ClashCityClarky tweeted
We're aw facin up tae a hale jingbang o thin(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
like the North eyn o a Sooth facin coo." on page 48

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
facin intae the scarp on page 4
being wrang or facin the limits o his understandin on page 23

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
Facin south an up tae the summit we
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Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
facin Wullie, whae haundit ee yer p
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Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
Ulster-Scots bes facin' a nummer o' challenges noo a on page 29

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