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Use in varieties of Scots

fog Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.9 8.7 25.6 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3517 17 0 0 0 1
Number of authors19 11 7 1

Occurrences of fog in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
be on the receivin end ae the fog horn. His calm is almost unse on page 52

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ed across it, dichtin awa the fog. Twa white faces peered oot, on page 1

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
t eftir a whale when a bank o fog cam ower them. In tryin tae m on page 41
e watter left an even tho the fog bank had clearit awa they nou on page 42

5 matches

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
the waur o weir frae foust an fog. The stane merked 'dictionar' on page 25

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
e Walk in thon freezin yellae fog that comes in offae the Firth on page 136

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
kirkyaird thare's a dashelt, fog smitten graff-stane wi a bit on page 65

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
the grund. Then it’s cawed fog or mist.” Ah thocht that wi
1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
front room was oan, the pixel-fog glimmerin’ bright like a ho
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A London fog becloods ma brain.
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Siberian air an’ results in FOG!
w an’ a superabundance o’ fog made it a gie forgettable exp
2 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
that we'd seen somehin in the fog up oan the Pendicle Road, a s
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
houts were muffled as if in a fog, and the voice wis shoutin na
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
tell he wis like a ship in a fog, jist blaain his horn an hopi on page 58

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
up thi injin's eit wurket thi fog horn, fin er weis fog ov coar on page 5

4 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
Fog on page 10

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
nie squintit throwe a drunken fog it the wreck aat wis Chantell on page 62

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
'Ere's a fog ower London toon, on page 146

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
Abeen the fog, atap his bonnie ivory tooer on page 88
Ah canna see yer face for the fog, Pawper, bit gin Ah could, Ah on page 89

4 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Ere is thick fog the hale day lang,
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
It's affa thick fog fule an weet,
Fog in the mornin affa fule an we
Hale day lang the fog dis hing aboot.
3 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
otally fatigued and the brain fog! (2022) twitter link

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Ower the sookin fog an gruppin ling, on page 6

1 matches

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