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fack Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words56.2 70.4 45.2 0 0 134.4 0
Number of occurrences180137 30 0 0 13 0
Number of authors28 23 4 1

Occurrences of fack in Corpus

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Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
maistlins responsible for the fack that the wul be a Scots leid on page 3

2 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
t agin the ruif o the haa: in fack she wis nou ower nine feet he on page 16
d kennt thaim aa her life. In fack, she had a lang argie-bargie on page 24
Cheshire Cats aye grinned; in fack, I didnae ken that cats curd on page 44

7 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
mphalism o the Unionists, the fack that we still hae an SNP majo on page 8
es this past few year. An the fack he did it by copyin a lot o w on page 9
xit referendum coverit up the fack that there is an affy lot o i on page 11
maitters o fack they tell ye, an wha are we t on page 14
sites, in fack, fer a range o communal actee on page 32
Also on pages 44, 48, 54, 55, 58, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 71, 74, 75, 80, 81, 93, 96, 98, 108, 109, 111, 117, 120, 121, 122, 123, 127, 128, 140, 145
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
are haillie tane up wi it. In fack, the great Shetlan fiddler Dr on page 56

3 matches

Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
wird share itsel. Share is in fack an affy guid instance o twae on page 59

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
thocht got birr, wis cled in fack. on page 23

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
ee derk lookin bugger .... in fack, we could of been brithers. H on page 136

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
s, is no its erosion, but the fack it bides on sae vieve an braw on page 6

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
st an ideological threip. The fack is that urban life thraws fow on page 9

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 67 - Leddy Stair’s Closse, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
An whuther fiction, whuther fack, on page 141

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
t! A'm awfie 'in yer face' in fack An surely gan tae rue it. Ple on page 40

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
fir his poetry and sangs. The fack that Tannahill wis a Paisley on page 69

5 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
o, an its merits liggs i the fack at it reads in a Scots seimil on page 116

4 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
ey. Mark stauns oot kis o the fack that it is closer til ee-wutn on page 136
blins this is ironic, for the fack is that thai've passed bi fer on page 138
, the tale breks aff, but the fack at we ir led intil't 'backwar on page 140
ie rael conclusioun. Hogg, in fack, adaptit it for a prose vairs on page 142

4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
e likes o Hugh MacDairmid. In fack, thon same Scottish Governmen
- in Scots - fer the simple fack that they're spelt as if they
y by a river". Sauchiehall in fack means "the river meadow wi th
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
y atween Scots an English. In fack, on paper onywey, the abuin e
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
l Theatre soud recognise this fack (the relatiounship atwein oor
1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
liss he’d jist cam frae. In fack, lukkin oot ower the reekie r
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ensefu dug, Yarrow. Yarrow in fack fails, but while the twa men
aw the ins-an-oots o what in fack haes happent.
2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
tin o'd. We canna chainge the fack that "heeligoleery" is a muck
In fack the'r nae precedent for uizin
oonds o their ain tongue. The fack that it maks their ain writin
like "dunsh" an "Frensh", in fack mak the spellin o Scots mair
ar back A teuk thocht tae the fack that the'r plenty o auld beuk
5 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
. He greed that it wis a true fack that bairns at the schuil uis
t but tent maun be taen o the fack that maist curns is like tae
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
r ilk div pynt tae the seemin fack that resources maun be direct
1 matches

McFarlane, Ishbel Maun we mak new wirds fir a chyngin warld?, (The National 2020) Central, newspaper
nae accoont, o coorse, o the fack that English ‘disnae hae’
1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
elopment officers. Hit is the fack o GME thit aften sees the big
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
t again, it wis aye there. In fack, oot o the grun wis streitchi
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
cer forby. I wis mindit o the fack that there are some gey skeel
1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
tae the heid, certes. Bit in fack this ‘plain’ style is bus
1 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 76 - Mither tung?, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
gin ye dispute thon semple fack.
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
aiglar lenth. The langest, in fack, is Chapter 5, ‘Renaissance
ont, a characteristic that in fack micht a saufed his life. The
Scott’s poetrie, tho; in fack, it comploutert wi his period
Scots. This is claer i the fack that, maugre a brief time o w
as a dramatist wes sikkar. In fack, he wes the author o at laest
7 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
kers and readers o Inglis; in fack, for maist Scots, readin or l
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
wee bittie exoneratit bi the fack that he hisnae been includit
ar. We hiv tae tak tent o the fack that thae upsteerers that win
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
bye. This shawed itsel in the fack that forbye takin the 2003 qu
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ucation is delegated tae. The fack that schuils daesna allou for
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
hiles pyntit oot - the verra fack that a theocratic government
wad be weillkent, unshiftable fack. Bit she held her wheesht. Wh
wa fae hadna searched him. In fack, they hadna bothert him an Be
ome intil’t. Apairt fae the fack that naebody wad hae me - an
ome intil’t. Apairt fae the fack that naebody wad hae me - an
7 matches

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
is a govrenment apairt, but i fack EU policy is lairgely driven
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Scots, the Electoral Commission an the language community, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
m votin guide. As a maitter o fack, they postit twa, for Ulster
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
cs. Davidson micht miscaw the fack that the issue rins on, but s
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
The plain fack o the maitter isna that votin
a in itsel democratic, an the fack that we turn up an kest oor b
2 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ae the shame o the CIA haed i fack been cairriet oot agin Americ
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
letters, e-mails, poems or in fack onie kinna speech or writin a
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
irman of Scots Tung", when in fack A canna awn tae be oniethin i
His letter threapit an aw the fack that, bi wey o international
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
guff o tarry raip an nets. In fack, thare wis twa an a hauf kyle
gaun tae be an easie ane, in fack, A hinna come ower the likes
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
buin haes ocht tae dae wi the fack that the abuin by-line haes r
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
the hindmaist exemple wis, in fack, pairt o the Scots Government
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
blins warth takkin tent o the fack that this double meanin is pr
oivver, the lamentation o the fack that ‘‘aduersitie ws vex
2 matches

Smirnov, Kuzma , (Facebook 2015) Central, prose
The nou, thare's in fack three leids in Belarus: Belar
1 matches

MacMinto, Gregor Hippies, Authenticity and Globalisation, (Wordpress 2022) Central, prose
n an ecotowerism. Hippies, in fack, as scriever Michael Issit pi
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
ach. Baith thir wirds hae, in fack, kythit in the Official Repor
1 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
aed niver sclimt it afore. In fack, as ma bairn's shanks warslet on page 55

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
n. Es is a byordnar bairn. In fack, it's nae sae muckle a bairn on page 81

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
he gran newspepper job an the fack o his jynin a Christian magaz on page 30

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e pit up er hingin basket. In fack, it wis her at phoned the amb on page 23
ir nae deein wirth a damn. In fack, Ah'm meevin a lot o ma capit on page 37
hid aa peeled aff noo, an the fack at she'd hairdly bin oot o th on page 46

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Joyce, nae takkin him on. "In fack, he spiks better English than on page 14
aa the entertainin wi dee. In fack, if ye're interestit, wi're h on page 31
uckle on the menu as file. In fack, it's bin practically a state on page 76
e's nae sae able nooadays. In fack, last time Ah bumpit inte Mar on page 81
"bit Ah've ariddy lookit. In fack...Ah've an interview lined-up on page 87

6 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
favours aiven in at days. In fack, Ah think she eence gaed awa on page 23
h she's a bit o a flee-up. In fack, Ah'm nae excitin masel iv Ah on page 28
seemt rale interestit in the fack at he hid a fairm, er bonny b on page 41

3 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
fut it says in the Bible. In fack, gin trowth be telt, it's som on page 24
a pucklie fock i the kirk. In fack, Fergie haed nivver seen sae on page 25

2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
, he didna ralely say aat. In fack, he said the maan's name; but on page 90

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
dee it, an dee it Ah wull. In fack Ah’m gaan ti dae it this wi
1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
y state tae dicht my broo! In fack, A’ll tell ye, there was ae
haen something tae dee wi the fack that, as th’umman’s healt
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ad hae onythin tae dee wi the fack that fowk'll aye open their d
he's nae makkin much o't. In fack, he's turned far waur these h
y hid calculated on, wis that fack that young Matthew Bruce hid
ld Mattha, hid tae accept the fack that he wid hae three fermin
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Ayont the fack that Jed Anderson hid bin at
Thon gaed wi the fack that the Yird hid tholed wint
d buik. They thocht it statit fack, an it wis fell dowie. The ba
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
“Weel is yon a fack,” quo Santie. “If ye prom
1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
nicitie n’? Is ae maitter o fack, A wuid leifer speak ma hamel
yonner n’. Is ae maitter o fack,
thair hames. Is ae maitter o fack, yin kan leuk strecht
fur Tam Scott. Is ae matter o fack Gledson wrocht it
whae wis, is ae matter o fack, ma maternal grandfaither’s
13 matches

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