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The word 'fantasy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fantasyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus82619
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.2 6 5
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.3 7 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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)

Occurrences of fantasy in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
imed fae regolith tae growe a fantasy O pooer an no her awn confood on page 90

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
tae the foosty darkness, the fantasy. on page 17

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
cal laep intae anither warld. Fantasy warlds, science fiction warld
e the future (or across intae fantasy) allous ye tae mak wild guess
2 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
im. He said it wis fae their 'Fantasy Range' an it wis s'post te bi on page 14

1 matches

General Northern

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
sville, fae pages o sci-fi an fantasy buiks on page 33

1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
re nae at school yet absolute fantasy(2020)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Yer mediaevalisin's fantasy on page 31

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
n back again some pairt o the fantasy castle on page 25

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
) Thae jyne up modern life wi fantasy in case the weans isnae in th
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy No on BBC, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
rate that ane! But a guid bit fantasy feection for aa that, kin o l
1 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
h Berwick, that wis jist pure fantasy. Turns oot the daddy wis jist
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ily sport n your holidays tae fantasy island wae the happy people l (2020) twitter link

West Central

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
oel yinst sang - sometimes a fantasy is aw ye need.
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
tae keep some reality tae the fantasy noo.
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“I don’t expect you play fantasy quest games?” he mumblet, w
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
’If that will pit yur sick fantasy tae bed.’’ Ah peer inside
1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
o serious at aw! It's ainly a fantasy for tae keep me gaun; a toy j on page 134

1 matches

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
s is the last self-delusional fantasy o yer deein consciousness. A on page 50

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
graphical gemmes lik Quake. A fantasy warld whaur ye hae tae fecht on page 54

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
graphical gemmes lik Quake. A fantasy warld whaur ye hae tae fecht on page 54

1 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ture o history, fowk tales an fantasy. The historical invasioun fae
for the comic. It is set in a fantasy version Scotland, split intae
ture audiences wi a taste for fantasy. Saltire could happily sit al
3 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
aid th Gryphon. "Het's aw hur fantasy, yon: they ne'er executes nae on page 92

2 matches

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