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Use in varieties of Scots

fortnight Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.6 4.1 4.5 29.8 11.6 0 8.9
Number of occurrences188 3 3 2 0 2
Number of authors14 6 3 2 1 2

Occurrences of fortnight in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ckin should. We're here fur a fortnight, we're awready baw deep intae on page 2
the hoose tae his self fur a fortnight. See when on page 104

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
w days quickly turned intae a fortnight, cos naecunt phoned. Hing is on page 155

1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
dae. I sweated this oot fer a fortnight afore ah jist hud tae gang ba
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
l order wi’ oor keep once a fortnight.
lnae share here, and before a fortnight wis by they’d discovered a
2 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
in pubs and restaurants for a fortnight. Get a grip, alcohol and soci(2020) search twitter

@rattlecans tweeted
Got a replay aff him within a fortnight. And see that Sharkey, he jis (2022) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
great sigh. "The happiest fortnight of my life...but now he's lef on page 76

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
ert and scunnert for the next fortnight, aa thanks tae some kinda lun
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
Nae exactly the Trades Fortnight fan I wis a plumber but summe (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gallows Ha - A Spell o Good Wather, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
If no a fortnight, bit at least a week. on page 31

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Tae book mesel a fortnight in the Gulf o Mexico! on page 22

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
If no a fortnight bit at least a week on page 157

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ass we cood spaek fur da hale fortnight an no catch up," I said ta he on page 50
years. Fur da past fortnight I wis toarn atween "dir nae w on page 58

2 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
is temperance waned wi'in the fortnight an the RIC scooped him up fra on page 23

1 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Proota Field, (Facebook 2021) Ulster, poetry
Ye know when the fortnight's holiday was up and the wean
1 matches

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