A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'faded'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fadedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.91613
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of faded in Corpus

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Shetland

Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
e listened as Charlie's wirds faded awey.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
d o mind-pictirs dissolved an faded awa an he felt the caal win b on page 93

1 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
It’s there, the truth, in faded broon,
1 matches

General Northern

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
aithert leaves, halla-veined, faded an brickle, tummelt oot as sh on page 23

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Tales Fae The Doric Side - Pictur o Misery, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
through the faded pink curtains, on page 68

1 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
As daylicht faded an the air grew chill
1 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ce slipped even as mah coupon faded awa' intae th…
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
ir smiles faded, on ir face, on page 58
Bleached or faded - on page 66

2 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
red puffer jakit, wae ripped, faded jeans. Hur face is gorgeous, on page 26
pub, toilet stinkin ae pish, faded tartan carpets, dark wooden f on page 38
ken glass. Eis angry look has faded tae acceptance. McGiver wisna on page 60

3 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
la lightnin bolt tattoo. It's faded and obscured by thick hairs. on page 18

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Like faded dreams that blaw away on page 34

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
a faded photograph or twa. on page 24

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
whose green een flichtered an faded in tuin on page 6

1 matches

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