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The word 'faaen'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
faaenOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.3116
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of faaen in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s ower near supper time te bi faaen oot. on page 38
ice, tryin te stan up an near faaen ower, "bit it's Pitsliga's ro on page 46
nnie, yarkin open the door an faaen inte the passenger seat. on page 56
ttin oan er pan. loaf vyce an faaen throwe it ilky ither wird. | on page 72

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
furnitir disease ~yer chest's faaen inte yer draars." on page 69

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
he fire, at the fowk they’d faaen in wi. Apairt fae thair new f
. He waitit till the ferm had faaen quate, than unscrewed the doo
2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
et an Edam, for by Mey, she'd faaen again, an their saicont son J on page 71

1 matches

General Central

Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
st oors afore, she had met an faaen in luve wi Michael, a kenspec on page 90

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
in efter a thing that's mebbe faaen til the fluir, his feet stree on page 72

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
gangs his gait till e'en has faaen. on page 97

1 matches

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