A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

fret Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.5 6 6 0 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences1812 4 0 0 1 1
Number of authors13 10 1 1 1

Occurrences of fret in Corpus

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Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
he begs o me - 'pray, dinnae fret!, on page 9

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
'Dinna fret, Ah'm awa.' on page 14

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
an investors wuid stairt tae fret as the autumn on page 32

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
attitude, splored wi gliff an fret, on page 16

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
aw been duin for ye, so dinna fret, jist leuk. on page 17

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
must hae got him. But dinnae fret, we made him a wee coffin... on page 69
k hame, Betsy had startit tae fret. The pot o kail she wis makin on page 95

2 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
heesht ye, wheesht ye, dinnae fret ye, Claverhoose he wullnae ge on page 10

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
cht. Their fingers fidget and fret as they haud their piece boxe on page 136

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
sae dinnae fret aboot yer rottans, on page 25

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - Rubies an Siller, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
An pitheids whaur waefu wives fret, on page 47

1 matches

Doric

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Dinnae fret a'bidy Thor is a mannie again(2016) search twitter
Dinna fret aboot #voting the day, gie Ly(2019) search twitter
Dinna fret abidy @lyn_golden heid is noo(2019) search twitter
O course, nae need tae fret loons an quines! Sunti Claus (2020) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
that a tear, oh! please don't fret on page 24

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
he windae again. Sally didnae fret. The port had saffened hir ne on page 32

1 matches

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