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The word 'fester'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
festerOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.8168
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 48.8 11 3
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 fester in Corpus

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General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I'm changin fester 'an i'wethir, if ye an me sho on page 179

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
Queen seraicht "Fester! Fester!", but Ailice felt she cwidna on page 33

9 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
disappeared intae the hoose, fester an fest.
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
€™v. His airmy wis smaa-er an fester. The fact that the battle teu
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"Well, see uncle Fester oor there?" Aldo tells us, no on page 106

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
red the blow an took aff even fester taewards the Seedlies. on page 80

1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ur tae win throu the hairstin fester nor Cameron and his men could
1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
'A gin run fester is ony o youse lassies!' on page 22

1 matches

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