A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'facial'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
facialOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.61810
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 25.1 4 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of facial in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
lip wis reed raa. "Ah'v hid a facial, an Ah'v hid aa ma bits profe on page 40

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ont ae me, Ah'd be guessin ma facial expression musta resembled su on page 32
ell right awey fae the boay's facial expressions that he is aboot on page 42

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
hair done, nails paintit an a facial frae the salon. She even boch on page 81

2 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
complete we facial expression. on page 94
facial expression. on page 97

2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
hat he had a fu set o aa thae facial characteristics that inspires
stural, cues. Bit maistly the facial expressions an body langage o
stural, cues. Bit maistly the facial expressions an body langage o
rength,” he addit, “heavy facial hair ... and the invisible th
4 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
’re going to have to wear a facial covering and social distance
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ows, the grey bristles ay his facial growth catchin the light fae
1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
ur a few minutes. Movin' thae facial muscles intae a big wide toot on page

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
' he said, pullin a convincin facial expression. on page 58

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
it, commissioned in 2021, her facial features draw on those o her
1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
ey lairn the #Scots wirds fir facial features here: https://t.co/J (2020) twitter link
tae lairn the Scots words for facial features. Click here tae hae (2018) twitter link

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