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The word 'fabric'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fabricOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.91917
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 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
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 21.7 4 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 4
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of fabric in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
e the reek o Fulmar spow from fabric. This... https://t.co/G7LJeEu (2020) twitter link

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
l, an the sky rippit like the fabric o a hussy's smock an the rain on page 118

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
oot broke. Scratchy smelt the fabric softener in the rumpled duvet on page 1

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
The fabric isnae water-ticht.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
pretendin tae be checkin the fabric, the lines
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
a shaw aboot claes, claith an fabric an set designer Becky Minto h
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
t a gully, an they hackit the fabric free o the lines. Than they r
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
ma keks, ah kin feel the wet fabric against th’head. Ah buck up
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
s arse wigglin away under the fabric as it clings tae him in aw th on page 6

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
becomin lost across the fabric o time on page 32

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Wi plenty fabric left for tae mak a flag tae f on page 45

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
aze honin in oan the mound ay fabric ah’ve assembled roon masel.
1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
hreid tichtlie wiven inti the fabric o faimlie life. Yon wis her m on page 26

1 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
language is biggit intae the fabric o oor haill culture. Nae lang on page 9

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
s over its mink collar, green fabric and pleated buttons. If naugh on page 54

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@Chazzbat tweeted
e wheel manually tae free the fabric, no yank it while the needle'(2020)
hat's a braw yin tae. Dis the fabric come wi the stitching pattern(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Burnin Whins, (Luath 2004) Central, poetry
t up wi combs, thimbles, goun fabric.
1 matches

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
intae oor cultural fabric, fer example libraries, museu on page 672

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