Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

fadin	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	6.5	6.5	4.5	9.9	0	20.7	8.9
Number of occurrences	21	13	3	1	0	2	2
Number of authors	18	11	2	1		2	2

Occurrences of fadin in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
she watches the star-licht fadin, an hears the first bird sing on page 18

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
The Cat's heid stairtit fadin the meenit he wis away, an, b on page 86

1 matches

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
it an the haun haudin it were fadin an he cud see through them. G on page 50

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
tor was ootae sicht. Only the fadin roar ae the engine as it turn on page 1

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
door wi their muskets. By the fadin lowe o the peat fire, he grup on page 29

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
at hardly breaks the curtains fadin quickly. The last few years c on page 3

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
irty, fer, tho their days are fadin fest, they were the anes that on page 74
t and the governin are jist a fadin dwam. It his lang been a howp on page 81

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Fadin noo and sodden, on page 53
Yet in and oot the fadin schemes, hooses that cost on page 55

2 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Balfour, wi twa attendants. A fadin noise o revelry as guests lea on page 14

1 matches

Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
ch. Stigma in scuils micht be fadin awa bit bi bit, but Scots is
1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
r wis back at Leslie wi light fadin quickly. TAXI fir Oliphant !! (2022) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Saved fae fadin awa. on page 6
t snappit, is Earth-bound sel fadin awa an jinin the remains at l on page 78

2 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Fadin awa i' soon o' trampin feet on page 137

1 matches

Orkney

Brown, Moyra Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
e creepin... as light started fadin. on page 29

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Th Cat's heid sterted fadin awa th meenit hei was awa, an on page 86

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
y, mibbe a week – fur I’m fadin noo.
1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
The Cat's heid stairtet fadin awa the minute hae went, an b on page 87

1 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Jist a mim'eray that fadin' fast. on page 12

1 matches