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Occurrences of french in Corpus sorted by first letter of following word

Shetland - SHD 'fent', an dat comes fae Aald French2022
Central - SEC ’s clearly jist a dialeck o French! Famously, the fowk tellin th2020
Central - EDN Wha can sat aw’ that in French!”2015
Central - SEC should be written "dunch" an "French". This is the trouble wi the 2003
Central - SEC Tak tent that "glunch, dunch, French" an the like should be writte2003
Central - SEC tongue in a muckle communal "French" kiss.Aw languages is like a 2003
Shetland - SHD The varieties of English and French (and other languages) that em2004
Central - GLA ery fuckin’ night (scuse ma French) - so there wiz nane o thon 2008
Central - LAL an translatin frae Laitin (or French). It allood deifficult wirds 2003
Central - EDN s (that wis aften mediatit by French):2019
Central - SEC tte, chasse, crochet (fae the French) an machine (fae the Greek).2003
Central - LAL French,2021
Central - SWE fir the Scots an French, 2021
Central - SEC ti the makars wha scrievit i French, Alice de Chambrier (1861-1882001
Central - LAL uence fae Auld Norse, Gaelic, French, and Latin, amang ithers, for2021
Central - SWE British, French, Belgian, Dutch. 2009
Central - LAL as weel's ma bonnie French, but ye're naethin, naethin n2020
Doric - MNAturn, upset or ruin; From Old French, couper, to strike. More at: 2020
Central - LALide in Brussels surroondit bi French, English, Portuguese an Itali2020
Central - SEC le nation-state langages like French, English an German gauns, exp2003
Central - LAL ced throu politics an tred bi French, Flemish, Dutch, Scandinavian2018
Central - SEC , frae Latin), television (French, frae Greek and Latin dingit 2020
Central - SEC e Latinised Greek), computer (French, frae Latin), antibiotic (Fre2020
Central - SEC , frae Latin), antibiotic (French, frae Latin), television (Fre2020
Central - SEC concepts aither: helicopter (French, frae Latinised Greek), compu2020
Central - SEC s been owerset intae English, French, German an Spanish an Scotweb2000
Central - SEC nin up in public tae speak in French, German or ither ootlan leids2002
Central - SEC bunch, crinch, crunch, dunch, French, glunch, inch, Inchmakenneth,2003
Central - EDN art. He didnae talk German or French, he jist had a good Scots ton2012
Central - LAL s, they could hardly talk ony French, hoo the could even sit thair2013
Doric - DOR If ye like it French, I'll mak ye snails 2020
Shetland - SHD if da fock o Sannis spack in French, in Waas2001
Central - LAL awreadies been pre-emptit be French, itsel follaein Laitin). Sae 2003
Doric - MNA either did the congregation...French, Kilmarnock, or the Auld Hunn2004
Central - WCE o books on algebra geometry, French, literature and the like. The2019
Doric - NNB , they hed at e end oe bill, 'French, music, an washan - extra.'"2014
Central - SEC Sum bastard Latin, French, or Inglish oiss,2003
Central - EDN French, Scotch or Stalin Roussian2006
Central - LALdae mony European leids, like French, Spanish, Italian, etc.2020
Central - SEA his choice – the Hausa, the French, the Swahili, an aa that. No 2015
Central - LAL t Inglis, biggin on Laitin an French, unnerwent a period o gallopi2003
Central - LALe lamp I doot! If ye can read French, Verlaine wrat a bonnie poesi2020
Central - WCE omin', an owersettin frae the French, veteran skreivar Douglas Kyn2012
Central - LAL nfluence aften comes be wey o French, whilk was drookit be the spr2003
Central - DUN the wars agin Napoleon an the French, whit wi sae monie men haein 2010
Central - LAL y for the petrol. Dagmar, the french-horn player, she was fain ene2017
Central - LAL Auld French.2021
Central - LAL aein tae expleen this tae the French. A can hear thaim nou,2023
Central - WCE don’t know wit it is aboot French. Ah can dae the readin part n2006
Central - WCE h don't know whit it is aboot French. Ah can dae the readin part n2021
Doric - DOR@CaroleInnes0 I Dinae spik French. Dinae Ken fit it means?2020
Central - LALScots words we hae hained fae French.https://t.co/HmMkzV5QgU https2020
Central - DUN me fowk as them mebbe speakin French. It seems in fact that rumour2010
Central - WCE Ah hate French. Oor teacher's a pure bitch. 2021
Central - WCE Ah hate French. Oor teacher’s a pure bitch2006
Ulster - EUL thon wean. She wud hae lairnt French. Or the cello. Or the harp. A2022
Central - LAL r pynt o view, comparin it wi French. Tam an Anne Reid fae Cullerl2001
Central - SEC ent aa there is tae Inglis or French. The leid forerins the rule, 2018
Central - LALe expect a Spaniard tae speak French?2020
Central - WCE r the day an he wis sittin in French actin pure hyper lik he'd jis2021
Central - EDN And ye haed later lends frae French aiblins as an affcome o the A2019
Central - AYR Ance a sodger wi the Dutch an French airmies, he had been commissi2012
Central - LAL Ah tried tae write a story in French an aw and that gat me nae bro2021
Central - LAL side English an even a bittie French an BSL). She’s ainlie raice2015
Central - LAL introduction of a great many French and Latin words into Scots. A2015
Central - LAL ged the spellin o Jean ti the French ane, ti gie it thon wee bit m2014
Central - DUN nk on whit they say anent the French an Germans. 2017
Central - SEA rtit ti see the Latin ruits o French an hed gotten haud o the link2015
Central - SEC ière's original 17th century French an is set this time in post W2006
Central - LAL s owresettin, yaizin English, French an Italian. Gangin up til the2007
Central - LAL and Inglis gat mair liker tae French an Laitin through the process2003
Central - SEC cots, Latin, Classical Greek, French an mony ithers ower the years2007
Doric - NNB Yes," sade Alice, "we learned French an music." 2014
Central - AYR said Alison, "we were learnt French an music." 2014
Ulster - CUL "Ay," said Alice. "Wae larnt French an Music." 2013
Shetland - SHD Yes," said Alice, "we laerned French an music." 2012
Central - GLA "Ave," said Alice, "we did French an music." 2014
Central - SEC street names written in baith French an Nissart, a local bye-leid2005
Doric - DOR anguage, phrase books, bits o French an odd wirds o Italian an Eng2023
Doric - MNA , Miss Vining telt her it wis French an that she should be weirin 2007
Central - SEC ce an the UK. The dour thrawn French an the sleekit2005
Central - WCE arld walcome ye, in Arabic an French an Urdu an iverythin else. Ah2016
Central - SEA is yokit ti the Latin and the French at Larbert High Schuil, an th2015
Central - LAL tu is caaed for in a leid lik French at maks siccan a disteinction2000
Central - LAL milar to the 'gn' /ɲ/ in the French Bretagne and 'y' /j/ as in th2015
Central - EDN aire because ae that. Fae the French Bulldug who’s alweys nabbin2022
Doric - DOR Re-bop, be-bop, a funky French can-can - 2021
Central - LAL ss cairie-on anent the odds o French Canada an hame, haudin on abo2014
Central - SEC hertenin tae see in the French ceity o Nice, the Nissart bye2005
Central - SEC wee report aboot the suddron French ceity o Nice. It's aye a guid2005
Central - EDN angs that wis inspired by the French chanson an motet styles.2018
Central - DUN uail's eggs, quiche lorraine, French cheeses, roast beef, aw sorts2010
Doric - ABN hops. As is the case wi maist French châteaus, the gairdens are j2015
Central - SWE French citizenship - 2021
Central - WCE we baith endet up in the same French class an she got put next tae2020
Central - EDN s. As we’ll see, the wark o French componers wis tae influence t2018
Central - EDN s sportin a predictable black French connection tracksuit and whit2022
Central - SEC ps that bi thon decision, the French Cooncil o State haes in the f2003
Central - SEC ar, a raicent decision bi the French Cooncil o State that maks imm2003
Central - EDN en o Scots — an at the time French cultur wis weel seen in Scotl2018
Central - WCE us kiddin on she wis readin a French dictionary. Heh Harpreet gaun2021
Doric - MNA The French dine on puddocks - they're n2023
Doric - MNADempster Fan ma Da (a retired French dominie) visited me in Colomb2021
Central - GLA s expansive an luxuriant wae French doors leadin oot tae a balcon2020
Shetland - SHD Faroese. (Da French dummy il taks influence fae G2022
Ulster - WULffer a chill, originally, Old French enfondre, to be chilled. #ety2020
Central - SEC es the follaein English/Doric/French exemplars:-2000
Central - SEC this one. Still, forget your 'French Experience' and 'Suenos' – 2001
Central - LAL They supped in an auld French fairmhoose,2009
Central - LAL ys, finally speakin. 'Ah love French Fancies,' 2021
Central - LAL h point at the sandwiches and French Fancies, Cathy kin forget any2021
Central - LAL Tesco up the road and bought French Fancies and sandwiches. Wance2021
Ulster - GULy Aye Paddy, haein a wee pink French Fancy disnae mak us bad folk 2015
Doric - DOR n iss time she said "Spick in French fan ye canna myn the Scots fo2021
Central - SEC assets tae Tartuffe. In true French farce style, aw the loose end2006
Central - WCE in an ah hud Madame Bonny fur French first thing. She said, Bonjoo2006
Central - WCE n an ah had Madame Bonnie fur French first thing. She said, Bonjoo2021
Central - WCE able's pish this year. Double French first thing on a Monday morni2021
Central - WCE fitba top, wan that's got the French flag on it, an wan that she g2021
Central - WCE ent an gied us these tapes wi French folk talkin on them an we hud2006
Central - LAL Inglis an aften trilingual wi French forbye. They aften introduced2003
Central - SEA Dad wis educatit in French frae he wis about echt or nin2015
Doric - ABN the city. It is argued that 'french fries' arnae actaually French2015
Central - WCE that ah got intae trouble in French fur huvin 2021
Central - WCE r school an she wis tae learn French fur it.2006
Central - WCE r school an she wis tae learn French fur it. 2021
Central - LAL is. Taen thegither, Laitin an French gies Inglis mair nor fifty pe2003
Central - LAL rinkin Mediterranean wine fae French gless beakers 1,500 year syne2023
Central - SEC an blootered the ba intae the French goal frae aboot thirty yairds2007
Central - LAL Scots. The source is fae Auld French gramaire. 2007
Shetland - SHD nguages, as weel as German an French hae it. Nearly aa English var2022
Shetland - SHD nguages, as weel as German an French hae it. Nearly aa English var2021
Central - WCE Auld Alliance kizzens, as the French hae recently passed a law mak2021
Ulster - GUL- It's aboot time thon thran French hallions learned tae yarn in 2015
Ulster - GUL@TheFarrierPhil Thon French hallions wull just hae tae le2015
Southern - SEA mane telt the fermer thit the French hed landit an the fermer repo2003
Central - SEC Wullie didnae ken whit the French hid duin thit hes mum thocht 2004
Central - WCE again. Harpreet wis daein her French homework an ah wis watchin Mi2021
Southern - SEA French hopes were dashed a' but slai2023
Southern - SEAe watching ma auld man playin French Horn fur Northern Sinfonia du2020
Central - SEC t only juist becam officially French in 1860, is noo France's fift2005
Southern - SEA polionic Wars. Appearinlie ae French invasion wis expeckit an ae d2003
Shetland - SHD n da wirld (cf., fir example, French j'ai 'I hae' fir je ai, Itali2022
Central - SEC “Ay the French kent whit tae dae wi royalty.2004
Central - DUN British Isles. Even eftir the French king had been executed the Fr2010
Central - SEC n o "sudroun" poets that kent French langage an leeteratur juist a2003
Central - SEC parity wi the auld imperial French language on the street signs.2005
Central - LAL idin ethos duntit and skelpit French language policy intae shape, 2007
Central - LAL Universalising the Use of the French Language’. The effecks o th2007
Central - EDN e Macafee notes anent earlier French lends:2019
Central - AYR wis the furst sentence in her French lesson-buik. The Mous gied an2014
Central - WCE got four oot a twenty fur ma French listenin test an Madame Bonny2006
Central - EDN ockin’ tae oor colours! Nae French materialised an’ the Englis2016
Central - LAL ee experiment in Italy wi the French minds us, as a means o avoidi2007
Central - GLA Alice; "Bet ye anyhin it's a French moose, came aer wae William t2014
Doric - NNB ucht Alice; "A daresay id's a French moose, come oer wi Bonny Prin2014
Shetland - SHD cht Alice; "I daar say he's a French moose, come ower wi Willum da2012
Ulster - CUL " thocht Alice. "It's likly a French moose, that come ower wi Wull2013
Central - EDN ill 1561, bringin wi her mair French muisical influence. Mary haed2018
Central - SEC twa-leidit. A recognised the French nae bother, but the ither2005
Central - SEC spaeks French naitral, no juist for the sak2003
Central - LAL you want tae speak English or French or German or Spanish or Scots2021
Central - LAL i the very definition o thair French original set in a by-gane tim2007
Central - EDN his wirdstock direct frae the French or Latin? Or did this pairt o2019
Central - SEC s means mainly wirds taen fae French or the Latin. The'r little ad2003
Doric - NNB his English translation frae French o twa warks bi Victor Serge h2009
Central - DUN ortit them. Likewise whan the French owerthrew the despotism o the2010
Doric - ABN in some o the maist weel-kent French philosophers o the 'Age of En2015
Central - LAL glish speiker micht yaise the French phrase ‘c’est la vie’ o2021
Central - LAL Bi thousands ower the French plane,2001
Central - LAL haul o like owersettins o the French playwright – frae Kemp’s 2007
Doric - MNA hid bin twistit inte a funcy French pleat. 2006
Doric - MNA n Muggie's ample cleavage; er French pleat hid collapsed; a bittie2006
Central - LAL thon cuif o a French poet hid in her chaumer, fire2020
Central - LAL tury, mibbes anerlie hauf the French population had the kind o spe2007
Central - EDN a. He on twa occasions mairit French princesses — the seicont be2018
Central - LAL eatre companies to Edinburgh; French productions of Molière that 2007
Central - SWE till the French Revolution. 2021
Central - DUN here had been the American an French Revolutions, the writins o si2010
Central - DUN ired by baith the American an French Revolutions. In fact Scotland2010
Central - LAL ton or een German. It was the French revolution that sterted a lei2007
Central - SEC ical Renfrew (Poetry from the French Revolution to the First World2008
Doric - ABN t wis, for aa e warld, like e French Revolyooshun, wi an aristocaa2000
Central - SWE French sodjers wad be gettin 2021
Central - WCE thick as me when it comes tae French so he wisnae any help. In the2006
Central - SEC uals haes (eg liftin that the French spaeks French naitral, no jui2003
Central - LALn’s tour o Switzerland whaur French speakin weans were taught tae2020
Central - DUN The French Spies 2010
Central - DUN t they were bein described as French spies by some fowk, as Englis2010
Central - LAL French spikkers2021
Doric - ABN aabdy in the lairgest city in French spikkin Switzerland. Geneva i2015
Central - WCE Frae Carrickfergus the French squadron sailed; 2006
Central - SEC They threap that the French state haes abuised a nummer o2003
Central - SEC rnin a regional language, the French state haes makit it plain as 2003
Central - SEC t forrit a complaint agin the French State tae the European Coort 2003
Orkney - ORK s joiner wark and pottery and French tae get you by. 2002
Central - EDN borraein frae either Latin or French that appeared in Scots aroond2019
Central - EDN d líterar lends frae Central French that wis made ‘either direc2019
Central - LAL e Auld Alliance; the visit of French theatre companies to Edinburg2007
Central - SEC mony fowk mak guid uiss o the French they war learnt at the schuil2002
Doric - NNB an aweliy till France, boot e French threw him oot when they got o2014
Central - LAL really pissin me aff. Ur the French transphobic as a rule?2020
Central - EDN tae that end! Oh, he promised French troops landin’ tae join us 2016
Central - SEA Donald Gibson, gaed on wi the French under the fearsome but eydent2015
Central - LALime wis tae collect irregular French verbs an lairn ilka form o re2020
Central - LALn-years collectin o irregular French verbs an obscure tenses moods2020
Central - SEC in Paris an the odds wis on a French victory but howanever, if Sco2007
Central - WCE ross Europe, an as i Britain, French voters tried muivin left firs2016
Ulster - EUL's gallop): from Old Northern French walop (noun), waloper (verb),2020
Central - DUN t tae hae come fae 'gaban', a French ward meanin a sleeved an hood2010
Ulster - EUL an guns had razed him doon in French watters, but Maisie knowed th2022
Central - GLA lindit sicht o her man at the French wey o kissin, 2021
Ulster - GULThon's French, French wi mair letters inaboot an #U2016
Central - SEC lobster wae fine French wine. As fur the rest ae us w2021
Central - LALun Honorary membership of two French wine confraternities, a UK aw2020
Central - SEC 'It's a French wird meanin a by-nem. Takkin 2013
Central - LAL -speakers that didnae hae the French wis a sicht tae be seen! Whit2007
Central - SEC His obsession wi the French Won the juiciest o jaunts2017
Central - GLA e dae wae it. It came fae the French word, hacquenee, meanin, a ho2021
Central - SEC War 1 Scotland. The classical French yuiss o Alexandrine couplets 2006
Central - EDN Dutch and Anglo-Norman [i.e. French], where the loans into Scots 2019
Central - WCE hat touch us at hame. Fae the French “se fâcher”, we hae “d2022