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The word 'fause'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fauseOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.84124
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.3 6 3
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 3
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 52.4 4 1
LAL - General Central 22.7 17 10
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 55.6 4 2
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) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of fause in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
"Tak tent o fause prophits att come tae ye wapp on page 15
it their forebeers did till e fause prophits. on page 89

2 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - Pystle Frae Aberbrothock, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
But suid he pruive fause til his croun an his word on page 55

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
nin near a hunner feet up. Ae fause muive or ae sidden souch o wi on page 26

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
e the beuks, mainly ablo the "Fause" heid. Clessifyin thae wirds
Fause
2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ast/lest": insteed o dingin a fause Scottification on "last", wri
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
an hamelt Scots speakers the fause norie that if thon is Scots t
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
pain, sae we can sort oot the fause fae the real? on page 114

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Mindin on Willie McIlvanney, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Bellshill, blog
This wis nae fause modestie. Willie wis possesst
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert A Fickle Nae Mair, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Yin gaird speiks ainlie fause;
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
fer the lees, distortions an fause promises o the mainstream pol on page 102

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n played on thir simple fowk. Fause memories. This gaed ayont an
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
that sterts aff gien me the fause howp on page 14

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
n turncoat Chairles Stuart - fause king that he is! Aye, the sle on page 24
time for a while, there wis a fause sense o peace an tolerance in on page 27
triumph o His True Word ower fause curates, an thae sodgers a Sa on page 30
went up an he kent they were fause . . . an they kennt he kennt, on page 61

4 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Yon rose: Yon fause, blae rose on page 2

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
at aw. And then, efter a few fause stairts, the hale fairm burst on page 6

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
te in oor Scots leid can feel fause an pretendit. The'r a real fe on page 6

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Five sonnets o Cecco Angiolieri (1250-1319), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Bessie, my dou! - Whit is't, fause-hertit sackit? on page 45

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 58 - The Sang o the Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Twa Brithers, luve sangs like Fause, Fause Hae ye Been an comic a on page 77

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
eep intae Ella's thoom wi her fause teeth, sput oot tap set an du on page 67

1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
glish, o coorse – evitin “fause freends” or at least haein
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
ht that soonds awmaist like a fause, man-made ane, the war a nois
ractit dwam, sprung fae oot o fause memory an pop culture, as yet
2 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
e emergent staundard will hae fause sterts and a ‘stannard Scot
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
hats, rubbery glowerin hackit fause faces, sae real leukin as tae
1 matches

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South East (Borders)

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
Eftir a fause stert in 1967-9, A gaed back
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
intae its ain forever never fause. on page 38
The weather's real, the Covid fause. on page 77

3 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
An he’ll no play me fause.
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
faithers daen tha same wi tha fause proafits. on page 79

1 matches

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