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The word 'ft'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ftOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.8417
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
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
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 393.5 28 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 145.4 8 2

Occurrences of ft in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
d fae somewhar in his breeks. ft he'd been bom tae the world t on page 77

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
ie, thi Jondeen, she wis a 17 ft Plastik boatie, nay awfa big on page 51

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ah wisna alloot te see ye." "Ft wull bi aricht, Cathy," he sa on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
pty table ootside it. Ah'm no ft enough tae stand all night. on page 6

1 matches

General Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
t's fur mintin at lennin a lïft til an graithin tha Ulstèr-S on page 1
ut wye it mints at giein a lïft til an graithin tha Ulstèr-S on page 3
14 pairts tha hunnèr) cud lïft Ulstèr-Scotch whan it wus ta on page 8
leevin leid, furtae gie a lïft til an graith tha fu reenge o on page 10
l anent fordèrin, giein a lïft til an graithin tha Ulstèr-S on page 11
Also on pages 12, 15, 19, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 35, 37, 38, 43, 47, 49, 50, 52, 54
28 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Sabbath, wud ye no tak houl o ft an pu ït oot? iss man no war on page 9
gin tha hoose, ït cudnae shïft ït, for ït wus set on a roa on page 80
e tae cairt, an ye dïnnae lïft a fng'r tae gie a han. Yis ir on page 90
wud ye? An ye'll hae tae shïft tae tha bak o tha ruim! But w on page 95
bak, an wudnae as much as lïft hïs een tae haiven, but he b on page 100
Also on pages 106, 112
7 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Gien a lïft in a motor or van
1 matches

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