A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word '-for'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
-forOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus0.622
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of -for in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
ntin böds or hen-hooses sidey-for-sidey. on page 48

1 matches

General Northern

Christie, Hilary Lallans 78 - Ma Freens in Chains, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, poetry
By a hate-warped, jump-for-joy vengeance State on page 74

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
dumfounert an haaflins flecgit-for the airs an the boatie an the on page 74

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
The unasked-for and unexpected kindlinesses, on page 58

1 matches

West Central

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
An fit-for-fit she wis matchin me syne;
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
next witness micht be like, "_-for they hinnae got muckle eviden on page 44

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
me tae p-p-pit the c-cou oot f-for ye, Faither ...' John began - on page 22

1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ther thing seemed ti gae haund-for-haund wi this, an yon wis a w on page 17

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
warth takkin tent that a word-for-word owersettin fae Staundart on page 20

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
'Did he say Cheerio-and-thanks-for-a-braw-time?" said Rabbit. on page 45
Which wis Time-for-a-wee-sneyster... on page 52
front doors, mony a no-looked-for letter penned by - HOOTEL ta on page 135

3 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
llin haes gotten tae be a free-for-aa, wi the tradeitional model on page 56

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
haund-for-nieve, at a lang stuil in a n
fires an gaes haund-for-haund wi’t, no juist o the
2 matches

McClurg, Fernando Scots, the Electoral Commission an the language community, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
Scots prose is a bit o a free-for-aw wi ilka screiver gaein the
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Review: O is for Hoolet, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
o-is-for-hoolet-back-green-photo-by-ir
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2 matches

@ClashCityClarky tweeted
re, no least o aw a lang-socht-for second novel frae Matthew Fit(2020)

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
g cum bak wi: 'Ye uisless guid-for-naethin! Frae yer ain mooth y on page 102

1 matches

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