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The word 'francs'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
francsOccurrences 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
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.4 10 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 francs in Corpus

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Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
onseiderautioun o saxtie-fyve francs an a gless o brandie. The pal on page 5

2 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
'There's twa rates: twa francs a day, three francs a
a day, three francs a
ntry; wan franc a day and twa francs
bbes three. Ye can gie me sax francs aw thegither.'
'Sax francs!' he cried oot. 'Sax francs!
10 matches

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