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Use in varieties of Scots

ford Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words46.4 2.5 1.5 9.9 0 41.3 9.7
Number of occurrences1555 1 1 0 4 2
Number of authors10 3 1 1 2 1

Occurrences of ford 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
ck efter the deluge an gin we ford the watter the nou, we'll hae on page 53

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t tae see Witness wi Harrison Ford in it at the pictures the nex on page 110

1 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
t excitedly in the back o oor Ford Prefect.
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ous faimily car, a lime green Ford Corsair which seemed tae be h
in there had been a turquoise Ford Prefect that shuddered violen
2 matches

Doric

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@BrewdogNews Ford 7000 ma loon.(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
there's Jook wi a brand-new Ford - We'll be safer in the pick on page 64

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
To drive a Model T Ford car on page 50
Flag held high, tae cross the Ford on page 54

2 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
d, A jalousie, bei throwe yon ford anenst Deanburnhaugh toun fit
traffic hed tae gan throwe a ford it the boddom o the
2 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"Model A Ford," said Leonard. "A beauty." on page 1
el in the licht o the Model A Ford. on page 5

2 matches

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