A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

fettle Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.2 6.2 7.5 0 0 10.3 22.1
Number of occurrences2312 5 0 0 1 5
Number of authors16 9 4 1 2

Occurrences of fettle in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
embarrasment tho, but anither fettle awthegither, yin mair akin ta on page 135

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Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ime she wiz udderwyse in guid fettle. Twa months later, Sadie wiz on page 80

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
veesitor, Sandy Peden in fine fettle. A grand nicht wis spent in h on page 44

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McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
wis done, a trade ye couldnae fettle. on page 18

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
ond juist aff-the-luif, "what fettle?" on page 125

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Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
n it breks again, I'll no can fettle it." on page 105

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
stin an haudin routes in guid fettle. Mishanters can aye come aboo on page 65

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
Flourishes o fykie fettle, unco fyne, on page 31

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
ack doun. Cherlie wis in guid fettle, on page 61

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Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ond juist aff-the-luif, "what fettle?"
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
s castle is still aye in guid fettle - Nice haes a
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Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Sanct Hub’s, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
ti fettle brucken louvres at wis lattin
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Doric

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
Grandad wis in fine fettle. As seen Mam an Dad wis oot a on page 94

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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
ps tae be cut wid be in richt fettle.
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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
Wullie wisna in guid fettle whin e cam in. E walkit richt
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Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
drams and were in richt fine fettle. Fin they saw Douglas and the
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Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
jor’s craft he wiz in gweed fettle. Instead o stoppin playin he
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Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
hit aboot yersel or hoo's yer fettle ??(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
feck oan this Roadin, bes tae fettle a cultùr whaur kintrie-pairt on page 13
ot Iz) an gies tha scowth tae fettle fur ootpittin a reenge o lair on page 30
(a) Fettle fur an gie a lïft til tha ui on page 47

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Smyth, Anne I Corinthians 13, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster, prose
estowe aa ma gaun gear furtae fettle puir fowk, an the mair A gie
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