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feck Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words51.5 55 17.8 19.9 11.6 82.7 62.9
Number of occurrences172111 12 2 2 8 13
Number of authors58 38 6 1 2 4 4

Occurrences of feck in Corpus

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Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
s a sicht mair cliver nor the feck o thaim. She didna gie vyce t on page 16
an thay war monie, indeed the feck o her can an ken, wis recedin on page 17
gey feck o the time. Thare wis a boaty on page 20

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Sulhunt, Miriam Lallans 90 - Rapunzel, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
thon feck o rinaway ringlets. on page 33

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
Anely fower differed frae the feck, the three dugs and the cat, on page 6

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
y that furst wintet's en, the feck o the puir beasts were ower w on page 63

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
The feck o Thorstein's fowk cryit a bl on page 14

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Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
d frae time tae time, but the feck o them hae been owerset frae on page vi
we mean by 'Scots'? There's a feck o dialects frae Gallowa tae S on page vii

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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
lue an white scarves, tho the feck o the men there cairried nae on page 23

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
8ct centuries AD onwards the feck o fowk in whit is noo Scotlan on page 40
ir nor a pairtial run, an the feck o papers for Scotland sits, u on page 56

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
but if the feck o' folk cannae sort their Kan on page 49

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
The feck o the hoard (alas) wis a gone on page 17

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
eller ower monie years an the feck o his publishit poetry his ay on page I
dialogue wi awbuddie fer the feck o fowk that are pro-Indy unne on page 51
he same brush = but there's a feck o fowk the description fits. on page 115
ire, ither nor them whaur the feck o the population is white (th on page 123
ite o some guid years fer the feck o fowk in the '60s an 708, it on page 147

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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
twice their ain size, but the feck o them - tho the chyce o gru on page 56

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
'Perfeckly legal!' said the feck o the fowk. Galba didnae agre on page 112

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
the first page is. Syne, the feck o words will'a been checkit, on page 43

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
ne, her young birr bleezed wi feck on page 8

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
The muckle feck o them haed gaen ower aaready on page 39

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Goodbrand Saunders, Donald Lallans 67 - Twa Owresettins frae Heine, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
irchan - and there's an unco feck o them. on page 55

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
tion that disna hae the maist feck, gin no aw, o Shakespeare' wa on page 116

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Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Wi feck o holes in every leaf, on page 62

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
onomy, airt an leitratur. The feck o readers will ken the papers on page 131

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
that led tae the writin o the feck o his Pit-poetry, that includ on page 133

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
or Scots in Scotlan whaur the feck o speakers byde. on page 121

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
thir poems as poems? For the feck o thaim, he wudna. True, sum on page 91

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
e spoken an unnerstuid bi the feck o the Scots nation an ane tha
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
ur on the ae haund we hae the feck o hamelt Scots speakers that
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
For aw that the feck o Scots language upsteerers i
e estaiblishment dae agin the feck o the fowk ettlin tae force t
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Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
bi the guidars isna whit the feck the fowk wants Breird govrenm
s Breird govrenments whar the feck didna vote fir the guidars La
er mukkil o a tikkler fir the feck tae git thair heids roun (Ah'
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Fairnie, Robert Thochts o Speakin Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2001) Central, prose
ional Scots, that maks up the feck o Scots language upsteerers t
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Durie, Nick A Scots Letter, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Glasgow, prose
speikin peoples tak tent. The feck o Scots fowk divna ken naethi
bodies nane o it gets til the feck o speikers kis wur meidie hae
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
48. The feck o submissions in writin conce
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
says little anent the muckle feck o wirds in Scots: thame that
bringin thegither the muckle feck o dialecks, the'r aye differs
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
the tradeetional uisers (the feck o the 1.5m - 2.5m Scots spea
language an forbye that, the feck o thaim dinna ken the languag
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
tae hear for hersel whit the feck o Scots language upsteerers,
tend tae ither maitters, the feck o the maimbers wis o the cons
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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
teraction wi stakehauders the feck o thir issues are pitten oot
in come tae a greeance on the feck o the plan wi them, an speir
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
s. Alang wi this comes a fell feck o maiter anent the universe a
ation will be acceptit bi the feck o fowk. Ae pairt o the search
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
eel tae pint oot again at the feck o its elaboration had awreadi
maist conscious chyce for the feck o screivers was atween Laitin
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
. Houbeit, A jalouse that the feck o Scots-speakers kens the sai
s a byleid o Inglish, but the feck o thair prattics is aye tae t
verb concord richt. Deed, the feck o the wark editin the text ha
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
eebay.com ye can fuish a fair feck o facts, feegurs, soonds an s
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
e influence o Irish is a fair feck smawer in the saicont case an
fecht again Irish Gaelic. The feck o Nationalists concentrates o
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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
nnacht launscape, an we hae a feck o curns an bodies warkin at n
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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
The man gaed on ti say at the feck o his warkers wis
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
lay, troke an commune in mony feck o weys. In the mean-time thar
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
SS. shaws that the’r a guid feck o unkent poems frae this seri
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Losh! Whit a feck o folk
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
rations in Scotland is if the feck o thae generations speaks Sco
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Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
fin' a wye tae connect wi the feck o the kintra - wi aa thae fow
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
“50. It haes intil’t a guid feck o muisic frae Nostre Dame in
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
in performance on 7 Juin, the feck o the audience watched the on
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
lian MEP Michl Ebner when the feck o MEPs in the chaumer votit f
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
raphic novel is sich that the feck o the story is in the stylise
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
lang life, I’v haen a guid feck time for thocht as I laid my
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
achify throu Soothron for the feck o Inglis memmers. Fae thae ti
aun free awthegither. Tho the feck o Scots ceetizens votit for h
ament the day. But acause the feck o MSPs speaksna Scots, an aca
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Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
efter the Na vote i 2014. The feck o MSPs is memmers o pairties
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
p a wyce-like mercat. Tho the feck o thae 1.5m is conseedered ta
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ten tae whit's bein said. The feck o the speakers wis threapin t
ssin the language's name, the feck o thaim isna awaur the langua
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MacMinto, Gregor Apartheid in Ohio, (wordpress 2021) Central, blog
ond Tutu, Nelson Mandela an a feck ithers haid haen a lang pingl
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Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
ailin in a sea o English, the feck o my thochts hoved up in that
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MacMinto, Gregor Hippies, Authenticity and Globalisation, (Wordpress 2022) Central, prose
‘un-American’ at garred a feck US ceetizens haud wide o frem
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@DavidJWood2 tweeted
elseaBronco ??. They just get feck all extra ??(2020) search twitter

@_Erinboyle_ tweeted
Fur feck sake right on que https://t.c (2020) twitter link

@iainnicol tweeted
edinburghpaper Shut thaim the feck doun.(2020) search twitter

@annieones tweeted
@Digbylj Whit the effin feck ùr yae sniffin? A hink yer n (2021) twitter link
Oh feck https://t.co/yAxldOK5qE (2021) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
SON. He kin dae whit ever the feck he likes.(2021) search twitter
cairry big bags o' road salt. Feck, that'll be me s(2020) search twitter
@annec_houston Thank feck(2021) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@ajmc1066 feck that m8 - torvill n dean dae (2021) twitter link
deodarant oan a got a rash - feck that - oh naaturall dis the (2020) twitter link
a m8 but nae worries - thank feck av got shep lol (2020) twitter link
rnie1874 @bluenosetaylor1 aye feck that right enough - ad luv t (2020) twitter link
t klopp as if tae say who the feck r u - brilliant lol (2021) twitter link
and 12 other occurrences.

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
o them student craturs an the feck o them chiels. Ye cud aye hae on page 76

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
he things he'd deen te ma hid feck sweet an fine on page 66

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@sovereigndaisy tweeted
@AberdeenFC Feck that was poor!(2021) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
. I am officially chuffed tae feck :-)(2012) search twitter
@LouiseNicol1 feck jist heading tae elgin!(2012) search twitter
FEC-T, feck that hee hee(2012) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@BrewDog Fitba's gan ah tae feck! Back on e' hard stuff.?? htt(2019) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
ee night..they were boring as feck...Queensferry mob..a huge spi (2021) twitter link
r me...wis hilarious...pelted feck oot them...great laff (2022) twitter link
give a roast tattie flinging feck whit ye think? Hahahaha...it' (2021) twitter link
gawn tae please abody but by feck they love oor club...ah love (2022) twitter link
a who won but it was funny as feck...x (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
maet, anither fer wittans an feck. Awey, sheu telt Orcadia's pa on page 32
Darling isno deualess. Wi feck, sheu pelters Astrid. Sheu na on page 137

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Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
nxiety is back. I wish it wid feck off(2021) search twitter

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
ly wonder why the ever living feck this is such a thing? Yes dus (2018) twitter link

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
Even gin the feck o yir yince a year admirers.. on page 145

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Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
whyles, but the Scots in the feck o his muckle opus isna mirkie on page 5

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Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
rae Australasia i 1954 an the feck o ae towmond i 1960/61, efter
it on ae federal seestem, the feck o the praisent day poleetical
ir man, Tommy Warwick, an the feck o
the feck o thaim ootlins, whae hev mai
e ither places, is fer is the feck o the fock gaed, wis siccar a
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@jamie_ginger tweeted
g name BRITAINS got talent so feck of back ti yir ain counrty it(2013) search twitter

Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
An tha maist feck o fowk wud houl wi a freat or on page 11

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Ultach The Gra They Hae in Americae, (Reddit 2020) Ulster, poetry
But the feck o it is fother.
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Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
bodie that pyes fur tha maist feck o tha hoosehaud ootlays.
bodie that pyes fur tha maist feck o tha
ar ye wark (wrocht) tha maist feck fur ordnar.
frae hame fur tha maist feck
e whar he wared fur tha maist feck.
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Smyth, Anne I Corinthians 13, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster, prose
Fur we ken a feck o’t, an we proaphesy a feck
o’t, an we proaphesy a feck o’t.
bot, syne whit we hae jist a feck o wull be redd oot.
bot, fu afore us; noo A ken a feck o’t; syne A’ll ken jist a
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