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Use in varieties of Scots

fancied Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.9 10.1 13.5 19.9 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences3220 9 2 0 1 0
Number of authors20 11 7 1 1

Occurrences of fancied in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
an efter haudin back till she fancied she heard the Rabbit juist ab on page 35
n, wi her een steikt, an hauf-fancied hersel in on page 44

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
l the ither wey. Nane ae thum fancied divin intae the canal in the on page 1

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
door. "Ye're fat and ah niver fancied ye anyway. on page 27

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
dit bandits that naebody else fancied haein a go at the trade! on page 107

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Social Dancin wi the guy she fancied. on page 30
tae meet these two guys they fancied fae Trinity High. Ah tolt her on page 31
Ah always fancied huvin a big cousin or a young on page 56
hrissie man you said you pure fancied her anaw you said you pure wa on page 114
n the Scotland Tour; ah quite fancied it actually (even though nane on page 161
Also on pages 169
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Jamie, Kathleen Eemis Stane 1 - Whimbrel, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
aw steekit nou. Folk that aye fancied the stravaigin life, the pilg on page 5

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Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
or a hale week. She'd ayeweys fancied mairryin a sodger, she tellt on page 48

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McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
it goes BOOM!” A’ve aften fancied that gin that wis the reason,
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
er fund her again. No that he fancied Beatrice - or gied her muckl
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Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
n that Allan feart he awready fancied an wis feart o in equal, over
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
edicting no more fitbaw m8 - fancied a rangers n spurs double 2 ni (2020) twitter link
fancied a wee shuftie at the brora/he (2021) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
re "Fit aboot Spain? I've aye fancied gan there Or a filie in Londo on page 15

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ed till read fairy stories, A fancied at kind o thing never happene on page 33
ce, an, efter waitan till she fancied she heard e Rabbit joost unde on page 34

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
a pownietail. A coud hae fancied im as e haid big blae een an
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Martin, Keiron Ma Worst Nicht Oot, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
tae order oor meal and I fair fancied a guid auld plate o mince, ta
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Bowie, Tyler Stookie, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
the place a tae masel. A fair fancied a bowl of porridge clarted wi
ts, breed, butter, milk and a fancied some meelie jimmies, neep and
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
BAITH fancied thirsels tae win yon. They ti
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@Franwella tweeted
o nae at a. jist thot i quite fancied ane we ma big bag o crisps!(2012) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ght wis calm and starry and I fancied some romance. on page 29
Punch Fur he'd aalways fancied joinan the Broons fur a spot on page 57

2 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"Ee couldnae hae fancied eet much," said Ahlice; "bidi on page 93

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