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Use in varieties of Scots

fokk Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words51.4 0 0 159 877.7 0 0
Number of occurrences1670 0 16 151 0 0
Number of authors13 4 9

Occurrences of fokk in Corpus

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Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
and fokk wir gey poor, on page 5

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
bit lukked at be fokk on page 11

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
till the fokk o the island on page 25

2 matches

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
urd different weys/wiys. Some fokk write 'spikk'; some fokk, 'sp on page 8
y's best-kent an, tae a lot o fokk, best-loved writer, George Ma on page 9

5 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Livestock an fokk aal fed an wattered on page 34

2 matches

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2021) Orkney
ile ago I posted a poll askan fokk if they wid say ‘Whar bides
interested bekiss a couple o fokk hiv suggested that youngeens
tae ken more aboot the age o fokk that voted and mibbee hear th

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2021) Orkney
backendish’ (autumnal). Wir fokk eused the word ‘backend’

Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
the fokk lie moored tae thir baeds, wu
1 matches

Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
ell's lang-telt a'foo da aald fokk on page 13

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
is gane. I mind a hoose foo a fokk dere. It wis ane a da best cr on page 1
Last simmer, whin yun new fokk at's come tae da Brakes hedd on page 2
him, last May, whin da Brakes fokk heard his peerie dug barkin i on page 3
Da New Brakes Fokk on page 7
it dries oot. Ah'm seen some fokk no gettin dir tatties in till on page 8
Also on pages 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 24, 27, 33, 36, 37, 38, 43, 46, 56, 57, 62, 71, 72, 73, 77, 78, 92
60 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
A'm gjaain awa, fokk. Fæ noo on I saal wrassil on page 20

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
dø dey see demsels as Scots fokk, bit reidder as saeperit Shet on page 7
a language variety is tae da fokk an da sense o plaess til a bo on page 9
Da airliest keneen o fokk bidin in Shetland wid be idda on page 13
ae Latin tae da language o da fokk, i.e. his language an da lang on page 14
te whit happent wi da Pictish fokk at wis aareidy bidin in Shetl on page 15
Also on pages 19, 20, 30, 36, 46, 47, 50, 53, 54, 55, 60, 63, 69, 101, 106
46 matches

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
met wis at Blacksness, wi his fokk. I felt hert sorry fur da pee
1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Pieriewys, (Shetland For Wirds 2005) Shetland, poetry
fir da pieriemootie fokk
1 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
derin da sam as wis. Dey were fokk alang da banks an up apo da T
as I wan ta da banks broo, da fokk wis runnin tö, an some gripp
2 matches

Williamson, Christie Da windirs o technology, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Shetland - Yell, poetry
comes up wi nae Fokk.
1 matches

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
ion "X an dem" means "X an da fokk at's associated wi X". Jüst
o spaekkin aboot gadderies o fokk, an der naethin ill-mainered

Nicholson, Hannah Da Wye At I Spaek, (self-published 2021) Shetland - Brae, poetry
Da fokk at tell me tae spaek Engleesh
Tae hear fokk suggest at how you spaek
2 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Sky high fuel prices maks trows lie low, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
da paet is back in demand an fokk ir maakin for da paet hill.
undergroond an listen tae dis fokk traipsing trowe da hill. We h
2 matches

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
tree tunnel. A group o young fokk planted da violet willows in
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ot trowie life at hame wi wir fokk. We hummed an haaed ower pitt
trowshot yowe tae plaese your fokk!
2 matches

Watt, Valerie A skoit trowe da shops, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
as we can keep clear o human fokk.
rie Shop wid cater for peerie fokk. I hed a hock aroond an fen d
2 matches

Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
rned an headed for da crood o fokk.
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
search anidder breed o peerie fokk: Santie’s elves.
ae da Nort Pole laek a lok of fokk tink. Dere’s nae reindeer d
2 matches

Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
-wheef paet bank. An tae tink fokk caa wis trows ill-trickit? Wh
l. Aabody wis cheerin on Guid Fokk F.C. but naethin wis gaein di
ooro da crood held as da Guid Fokk scored no wan, but twa goals
3 matches

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
trow dey wir weel kent. Afore fokk used cars da quickest route a
“Surely fokk will be spaekin aboot da Gör
2 matches

Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Fokk hing up red lanterns tae scar
So do dey git spare ribs fae fokk wi spare tyres?” axed Mutto
2 matches

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Minni-Babbi, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, prose
Da fokk in Papa Stour wid laeve me be
lot. Fae me hoose I could see fokk staandin apö da cliffs, look
2 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
night ferry back tae Lerwick. Fokk used tae think I wis aff me h(2021) search twitter
t wid be too saat fir a lot o fokk right anoff.(2021) search twitter
I miss bein able tae gie fokk bosies.(2021) search twitter
s her, an indeed lots o ither fokk.(2021) search twitter
Yun maks a lot o sense, yeah. Fokk juist dinna lik bein made tae(2021) search twitter
and 8 other occurrences.

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