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Use in varieties of Scots

failin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 12.3 1.5 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2724 1 0 1 0 1
Number of authors21 18 1 1 1

Occurrences of failin in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
no able tae pey his fine for failin tae attend the kirk, wis trus on page 26
ly hung, shot, or drount, for failin tae tak the Test oath acknowl on page 39
Priesthill, were reportit for failin tae attend the meenister's se on page 40

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Ragnar wis failin, bit he culdna abide the ootc on page 14

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Failin means yer playin, an the game on page 52

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
nt and snapped his neck efter failin tae sail oor the final fence. on page 60

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
nd scriever. But he's got wan failin. There's nae funny bits in hi on page 74

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Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
wurds failin on page 175

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
lik tryin tae trick me intae failin ma diet. Thir wis nae point a on page 136

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
An failin, as usual, tae kid wirsels oa on page 38

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
in double English, tryin and failin tae brush aff hoo anxious the on page 20

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ryin Sunny, wha wis tryin and failin tae bite the mannie's hooks. on page 92

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'Brennan,' ah say, tryin and failin no tae scream. on page xvi
the ladies' toilet aboot hur failin one o hur carin assessments, on page 12

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
wis aa mairried bi noo. Efter failin tae sort oot their ain men, t on page 136

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
in due coorse. He sees it as failin ti bigg on the 1985 Recommend on page 4

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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
Staundart Inglish — sicweys failin tae exheebit mebbe the lawest
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
cht year auld an wis deid fae failin kidneys in a maiter o weeks.
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McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
gress! Adie wis worried aboot failin’ his tests because o’ his
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
d ower late that she had been failin tae pick up a hale barrage o
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Sneddon, Alison Whit dae ye want “British vailues” tae mean?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
hampions justice, yit we’re failin tae wark constructively wi oo
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
e gather ma thoats. Tryin and failin tae make sense ae ma predicam
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
his mates product testing (an failin) but mair tae, his nae unners(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
t tae SpecSavers an ma een ur failin me mair ivery day. ??(2020) search twitter

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ppert aboot it. Yer faither's failin, an canna haud on muckle lang
1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
start later Isaac's haelt wis failin an ee day he wanted ta gie hi on page 11

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Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
ir needfu' tae challenge the failin' tae implement the Leid Chair on page 60

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