A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

faalin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.6 0.5 0 0 0 0 42.5
Number of occurrences121 0 0 0 0 11
Number of authors3 1 2

Occurrences of faalin in Corpus

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Central

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
’s ne’er worriet aboot me faalin aff a bank in the daark,” s
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
n the air, his voice risin an faalin, glen efter undulatin glen o on page 11
ea an sky. She swum, risin an faalin ower the rawlin September tid on page 50

2 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
hirsel afore shae fun hirsel faalin doon a wile deep well. on page 8
akt-fancy, curtseyin es yae'r faalin through the air! Dae yae thin on page 9

2 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne A Furst Readin Book in Ulster Scots, (Evertype 2011) Ulster, weans
n Little sed, “The sky baes faalin. A wull rin?
“The sky baes faalin, Henny Penny: Henny Penny sed
ny Penny sed, “The sky baes faalin, Turkey Lurkey.’ “Hoo dae
y Lurkey sed, “The sky baes faalin, Ducky Lucky’
ky Lucky sed, “The sky baes faalin, Goosey Loosey. “Hoo dae ya
7 matches

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