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The word 'forenenst'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
forenenstOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.52410
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 39.9 9 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 37.4 3 1
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) 204.9 4 2
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 42.2 3 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of forenenst in Corpus

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General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
pitten doun the sasser o milk forenenst her! Fit? Ye war drouthy, war on page 11
aff the brod, an set it doun forenenst the kittlin for a patren it c on page 13
nie," said the knabbie sittin forenenst her, (he wes aa cled in fite on page 38
't roun a sherp corner an cam forenenst twa pudgie wee callants, sae on page 47
Haadin his snifter-dichter wp Forenenst his flowetin een. on page 55
Also on pages 56, 69, 70, 98
9 matches

(South) East Central

Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
™d stopt afore the haa, richt forenenst the kirk. The kirk itsel stau
1 matches

General Central

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
the GRO mercat research (33%, forenenst 31% in Survey 1) is doun tae on page 9

1 matches

Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
Gearie an gif ye hinna stuid forenenst thon heidstane (pit there an on page 46

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
arriet an biggit yon bungalow forenenst the Howcleuchsheil
Ay, forenenst Waster Yillmuir hoose an onst
nt the onsteid, i sicht o, an forenenst the twae ferm cottages, sitti
3 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
narrative o British identity forenenst Irish identity took houl. As
notion o twa tradeetions, aye forenenst yin anither, wi checks an bal
2 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
ns intae logs an steckin them forenenst tha hoose. The’ wrocht sair
The’ pit Dan intae tha grun forenenst tha cottar-hoose an John cair
2 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Forenenst Tor Heid an aa - on page 32

1 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
money for carnaptious boneys forenenst folks' hames. Pallets are abl (2015) twitter link
Mrs Gellick clocked forenenst the TV wi her twa cronies: th (2016) twitter link
We hae a #bonfire forenenst oor gable waa. Hooaniver, I h (2015) twitter link

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Speirin Foarm, mairk tha box forenenst thair name an lea blank tha S
1 matches

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