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Use in varieties of Scots

fart Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 8.2 12.1 9.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2616 8 1 0 0 1
Number of authors15 8 5 1 1

Occurrences of fart in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
me-cunt wid let oot a nervous fart n aw these chimps wid burst o on page 33

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Eh kin fart it wull or sleep on thi flair on page 103

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Ah think the maist minginest fart anybody's ever done though wi on page 90
bright red an ah did actually fart right at that point but it wi on page 92
lean the toilets is some auld fart that ma da knows; ma da calls on page 97
hey startet makin really loud fart noises an lookin ower at us. on page 101
um at us an let oot a massive fart. on page 159

5 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
That kin fart the tune o The White Cliffs o on page 43

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
that, naewan gies a fiddler's fart aboot writin in their ain ton on page 34
s. He doesnae gie a fiddler's fart aboot whit anywan Onks, and h on page 43

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
s. Ah'm aboot as welcome as a fart in a space suit, as the Big Y on page 15
o quiet you could hear a flea fart, and ma head's mince. Mum loo on page 25

2 matches

McCrory, Pat Lallans 56 - The Tale ae a Worm, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
n the worm an wait fur it tae fart." on page 114

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
ver ye do, never EVER trust a fart.'
1 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
who dinnae gie a fiddler’s fart aboot whit others hink.
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
l Bayley is tryin tae shake a fart oot the leg o his troosers(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
v te be afore ye cud chunce a fart?" on page 51

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
mak im aboot es popular es a fart in a phone box. At's foo he k on page 7
, an ye dinna gie a fiddler's fart fit ye come awa wi." on page 29

2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes, (McStorytellers.com 2018) Doric - Banffshire, prose
an quickly come rinnin if a fart in their erses gings wrang. I
1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
@EmzForzz A promise nae tae fart an ye can hae yer peace and a(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Still hinging aboot me like a fart in a lift bit think I’m fina(2019) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
eparations underwye for hen's fart sandwiches for e morns piece.(2020) search twitter
e waar. Could be a Gruffalo's fart!(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
me WD40 bit hid wisna wirth a fart. on page 41

1 matches

Ulster

Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
Lot rip a big fart
1 matches

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