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The word 'faiss'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
faissOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.271
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 43.9 7 1
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 faiss in Corpus

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Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
hiz vissie wes hauddit bi hir faiss. He nivver dramed at the ill- on page 1
The ying cheil hed a tin faiss wi lings o doul roun the mou on page 2

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
pailin he'l cuid sei hiz ain faiss gantin uplins at him. He gied on page 41

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
ti fess a quate smyll til hir faiss. Nae publishars, nae illustra on page 2

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
tsell ti be ane ei; an a smaw faiss begoud pece an pece ti growe
A wie broun faiss, wi whuskers.
A thochtie roun faiss, wi the samen skinkil in its
3 matches

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