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The word 'falkirk'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
falkirkOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus62011
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 223.7 2 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 18 7 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 6
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 falkirk in Corpus

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Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
? wi an 87 year old lass frae Falkirk...hawdin oan tae each other l (2021) twitter link

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
at it. Then thur's the toon, Falkirk, jist doon the brae. on page 1

4 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ddy wis jist a wee fanny frae Falkirk called Eddie Jones that she g
pregnant tae a wee fanny frae Falkirk. It wis because o aa the lees
2 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
her sometimes tuik me tae see Falkirk F.C. (his hometown team). I w
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
tba at weekends, signed up wi Falkirk. on page 82
'll still see me gaun through Falkirk's turnstiles, on page 84

2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Tippermuir, Prestonpans an’ Falkirk! This time we stood, in the s
followin’ up the victory at Falkirk, tae lay siege tae Fort Willi
2 matches

General Central

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
as a bairn, grew up in Embro, Falkirk an Selkirk, an wis learnt Chi on page 32

1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ewhere so he can just get tae Falkirk via Fochabers, Fortrose and F(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
u'll be in Fife, ah bide near Falkirk. Jist aboot(2020)

@fairpechtoot tweeted
@poetLORRYate Aye, the Falkirk fitba team are kent as the ba(2017)

@LairnScots tweeted
Falkirk-based teacher @KCrommie has c (2019) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
Wood. Went oan the 'Battle of Falkirk' Trail. Fu' o' interestin inf (2021) twitter link
u'll be in Fife, ah bide near Falkirk. Jist aboot(2020)

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