A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

fornent Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.3 8.5 0 29.8 5.8 32.8 53.1
Number of occurrences3516 0 3 1 3 12
Number of authors19 9 2 1 2 6

Occurrences of fornent in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
afore, staunin hersel square fornent him sae as tae haud him wi he on page 138

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
he truith. The bodie staundin fornent thaim wisna his tousie-heidit on page 29
aither in his chaumer, sittin fornent the windae in his wheelie che on page 32

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
t. No wantin tae leuk glaikit fornent the cless, he plankt the reid on page 22

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Aest End Fornent Wast End on page 39

3 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
she wis steidit in the warld: fornent Germany. The Clyde wis on the on page 110

1 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ied, wis at variance o result fornent variance o quaisten askit wad on page 4

1 matches

Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
bodie micht coud wael tae gae fornent the FPTP seestem, ilkane haes
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
p a collection o Scots – as fornent Doric – proverbs, ye’ll l
– the hiech register – as fornent the ‘last-ditch stands of S
2 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
Wi that a door wis cawed ajee fornent twa bieldit quines frae
the ane hingin fornent the entry door, cairriet a si
thae fowk stuid fornent ither on the factory fluir, m
3 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
sien an Tad, an seatit hersel fornent Beatrice. She wuir a wine-col
1 matches

Orkney

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Two fornent wan, or two and wan on top. B on page 60
Lasses line up fornent that wall, on page 156

2 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
ttie supper fae the chip shop fornent.
1 matches

Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
ey agrees wi ene anidder, an fornent me, at dat wid obviously be s
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
ats, like the ane on the page fornent this: whyles beirial-beakers on page 5

2 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
e tae the Yill Waitter, juist fornent
1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Tha craturd clock for oors fornent tha birlin scutch mill wheel on page 50
skifter skites owre tha peaks fornent: on page 53

2 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ht agin ye, jist lea ït doon fornent tha althar. Awa an mak ït up on page 5
he fun a quare thrang o fowk fornent hïm, an his hairt went oot t on page 9

2 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Whar Carson's men campt fornent Blakwood's place, on page 2
n fur tha pot. An pit it doon fornent tha fire Tae keep it hot". on page 13

2 matches

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
gie fynnins o fordèrin fornent tha implymentin ploys til tha on page 57
rrits whut wye the'r throchin fornent tha Roadin's mints, ettlins a on page 58

2 matches

NewtonLass Tay, (newtonlass.blogspot.com 2011) Ulster - Newtownards, poetry
An pit it doon fornent tha fire
1 matches

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
gaed wast. Conor tuk his aise fornent her in tha front sait an Vale
an A chuise nae tae be gangin fornent or inby thon bluidie pairt.
t A cannae gae tae onie pairt fornent tha Ardoyne.”
3 matches

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