A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

faes Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.2 10.3 21.1 0 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences3620 14 0 2 0 0
Number of authors18 13 3 2

Occurrences of faes in Corpus

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Central

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ae his plate, scoopin up fork faes like a man bailin watter oot on page 13

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
are they oor freends or oor faes? Lat us pit it tae the vote. on page 6

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
jaloused o bein a spy by oor faes on page 90

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ng. Whit culd a wumman dae wi faes on ilka haun? Merk weill, Fai on page 14

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Oor faes wad thole nae consummation he on page 43

2 matches

Dornan, Stephen Eemis Stane 1 - Lees an Crams, or Ossian on the Death of Cuchullin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Tae begunk his folks' faes an big his ain fame. on page 22

2 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
pensells smoor the sun, ay, faes like fleein clouds forgaither on page 31

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
, for takin the nap o freins, faes, anither scuil or anither fit on page 129

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
ns at hir man is deid, an his faes, Kilpatrick an Glencairn, ir on page 140
lowse nae fair ladies ti his faes. A duel atween Scots an Ingli on page 142

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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
i the jyle at Carlyle bi hiz faes at Sellafield this verra mame
, at wes nou ti be consithert faes. Bot the praisence o Tammas,
agin the faes o the Scotch croun fur monie
3 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
gane doun the thrapples o wir faes. And you hens, hou mony eggs
ike i’ the fecht. Aa men is faes. Aa bease is feres.’
2 matches

Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
l dae jist thon. They are nae faes o whit the SNP is daein, but
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
tian Pairty; ahint their real faes, Tommy Sheridan’s ego ootfi
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
bleck-hairtit malice o their faes? Wad there be onie appeal tae
1 matches

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
sent whan A dafft an hid frae faes Yirth Wumman that apens up wh on page 3

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
, 'Loo yer neeper an hate yer faes'. Bit I say tae ye, loo yer f on page 12
he wad set hiz lowss fae wir faes, oot o e hans o them att dinn on page 81
e aa att wid hearken, loo yer faes; dee gweed till them att cann on page 89
a return. Bit ye maun loo yer faes an dee gweed an len wi'oot ex on page 90
scorpions an owercome aa yer faes, an naethin will ivver hairm on page 98
Also on pages 112, 113, 114, 115
11 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
makk teerification amang ony faes. They ettled tae fin wyes tae
aun aye, they thocht, hae bin faes. Syne in Cairo, they fand sph
2 matches

Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
lang syne, I lookit in apo da faes a'daeth, on page 14

1 matches

Williamson, Christie Submissions, an keepin on, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, blog
hit wis een o twartree (lets faes it, dey ay ir) an a selection
1 matches

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