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The word 'faithur'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
faithurOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7122
ORK - Orkney
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 41.4 9 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 faithur in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
wae him look up tae him as a faithur figure. A role, which, accord
1 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
hen wi' ma uncle Toamy an' ma faithur.
ttin' ri kitchen units an' ma faithur wis labourin' oan tae 'um. A
isnae back ten meenits an' ma faithur sent me doon tae ri same shop
dinnertum, Toamy?” Says ma faithur.
“Here!” says ma faithur tae me, “run doon tae McGoo
9 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
. What wae me bein Brucie’s faithur, n that.
er heid turner, jist like his faithur. Dinnae lit yur eyes deceive
2 matches

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