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The word 'fox'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
foxOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus22.77425
ORK - Orkney 99.4 10 1
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 21.9 2 2
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 40.6 16 3
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 1
GLA - Glasgow 41 9 3
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 1
LAL - General Central 9.3 7 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 168.7 12 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of fox in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Orkney Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2015 ISBN: 978-1785300066) Orkney, weans
A fox saa the moose on page I
A fox saa the moose an thowt, You'l on page 1
An his favourite food is hot fox stew." on page 2
"Hot fox stew! Like ye boil in a pot?" on page 3
"Hid's Fox," said the moose. "Aye, aye, on page 20

10 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
y hinna that! Ach, yon George Fox walkin barfit throw the snaa on page 32

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
simmer eens b'wirkin her wee fox terrier intil a rael picher b on page 55

1 matches

General Northern

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - Oor Grun, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
An the fox hisnae a name on page 88

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
THE FOX
onsar looked doon there wis a fox stannin twa
Jonsar ata. As the fox wandered awa throo the wid a
ed awa throo the wid a second fox came close
4 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Ae drouthy fox did chance tae stray on page 10
The Fox and the Corbie on page 14
The Fox in the Well on page 22
"Sorry" the Fox replied on page 23
The Fox said "That isnae ma intention on page 26
Also on pages 32
14 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
ntae Scots o his Fantastic Mr Fox, that's expeckit tae be in th
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
1108 @SaltSportsLive aye n al fox oh thae heeland gadgies - al (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
id pheasant at it's feet, the Fox on page 49

2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
lly-obsessit numptics like ¢ Fox an the ithers, or pathologica on page 54

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
s appeared, there wis The Red Fox, Colin Roy directly in ma fie
the barrel an’ sighted the Fox, aboot the saddle level. He h
o’ the back an’ The Red Fox fell frae the saddle! The lad
3 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
day as opposed tae the arctic fox. That's wit we huv in store f on page 50

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2017 ISBN: 978-1785300592) Central - Glasgow, weans
A fox clocked the moose an the moos on page 3
favourite food is deep-fried fox." on page 4
"Deep-fried fox? Izzat right wee Tonto? on page 5
"Och, it's jist Foxy Fox. Heh, Fox, howzitgaun?" on page 22

6 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
“Jonjo,” he cried, like a fox intae the night ( Ah know abo
the drying poles like a flyin fox an nae Johnny Morris gies-a-m
2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
e expectin mebbe anither auld fox as weel, but aiblins he's gon on page 45
'Daes the auld fox lie in this den?' speirt the on page 46

3 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
t, just like Cathy's wan-eyed fox teddy did when she wis ma age on page 40

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ember ceivil servan William B Fox claimit that "...GROS found n on page 121

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
pole cat, wildcat, badger and fox). The form that Burns yaises
rious quotations we read o ‘fox and fulmart and of mertrik sk
d a quotation ‘The fowmart, fox, and brok’ fae Rob Stene's
3 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
nn Ah'm guessin it's Laurence Fox announcing the launch o a new(2020)

@raiphsays tweeted
n whit dae we see? A braw big fox aw creepin aboot in a dark! ?(2020)

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Hall. Dave Fox an his marrow, wur the Hall c
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Ower by the slap, the sleekit fox slips through the dyke, on page 25

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
ie thocht mebbe it wus an oul fox lukkin tae get intae tha hen- on page 17

1 matches

General Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne A Furst Readin Book in Ulster Scots, (Evertype 2011) Ulster, weans
The gingerbried weefla met a fox. Hae sed,
, an hae run, an hae run. The fox sed, “Yae can rin awa frae
t yae cannae run awa frae the fox. A’m gantae ait yae.’ An
Hae didnae rin awa frae the fox.
A fox come up tae them.
12 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
" "Gang tell thon sleekit oul fox," sayed Jesus tae thaim, "tha on page 94

1 matches

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