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Use in varieties of Scots

fa'in Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.4 1 13.3 0 0 51.7 7.7
Number of occurrences182 9 0 0 5 2
Number of authors9 2 4 2 1

Occurrences of fa'in in Corpus

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Central

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Fa'in back tae slumber tho, Ah hear on page 96

1 matches

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A guid bra shop, so ye wurnae fa'in oot o it an disgracin yersel (2020) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
s a-wye look gloomy Fit aboot fa'in oot on the lobby?" on page 15

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
ye, an they'll haud ye on fae fa'in for fear ye shuld strick yer on page 10

1 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
As flesh is fa'in fae yer beens. on page 15

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Bit onywie I've fa'in in love wi' ye on page 82
Ma tears ir fa'in like I' rain an sleet on page 90
Fa got so fu' that he kept fa'in doon. on page 112
Bit at didna stop me fa'in fir her. on page 136
Saves ye fentin, saves ye fa'in on page 171
Also on pages 194
6 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
hersel afore she funnd hersel fa'in doon an awfy deep waal. on page 8
s, Ah'll no even bother aboot fa'in doon stairs! Sae brave they'l on page 9
put eet. She felt lik she was fa'in asleep, an hed jist sterted t on page 10

4 matches

The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
pin now. The sticky yins were fa'in off and thame wi' the plastic
1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
The risin crake o fa'in simmer nichts an on page 20
A shachle, feart o fa'in doon? on page 34

2 matches

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