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The word 'forfar'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
forfarOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1108
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.3 7 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 forfar in Corpus

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(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
east fife n 8 quid tae watch forfar n lithgae wae no commentary - (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Nou Wullie cam fae Forfar an had aye warkit as a ship's on page 75

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General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
oastie sidie-ways, plannin' a Forfar bridie chaser an' lookin' at on page

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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
SheenaGlass12 Pouring doon in forfar but a love the rain though ??(2020)
@SconeOf Great here in forfar too nae, clouds at all.(2020)
@verbalpunchbag That's it hit forfar ??(2020)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
k via Fochabers, Fortrose and Forfar.(2020)

@billykayscot tweeted
rutch - yaised in a sang The Forfar Sojer aboot a loon that got s(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
slanguage @N_T_S A mannie fae Forfar telt me that yin recently fir (2019) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
raer, at hame tae the micht o Forfar. on page 195

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