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The word 'fails'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
failsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62216
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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 22.2 5 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
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 fails in Corpus

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
h done. Da Solan's bill never fails to impress me. https://t.co/Q(2018)

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
yer local library. If aa else fails, juist gang for a walk an tak
1 matches

General Northern

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
Scotland @standupfarmer Never fails, ah't een.????(2019)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
but tae ma utter dismay. This fails tae huv the desired effect. on page 48
at" says Craig, who seemingly fails tae address the bigger questi on page 107

2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
aways get the breaks - never fails lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
II WHEN MA MEMORY FAILS ME on page 52
se, he jouks ony adultery but fails tae avoid the wan thing on page 113
fails tae see his lassie's fauts, o on page 118

4 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
u dug, Yarrow. Yarrow in fack fails, but while the twa men ir cla
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
anivver the Engish fitba team fails tae win yet anither major tro on page 79

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
en walkin through this street fails tae derail the dark thoats ra
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
attempt tae wake them up. It fails in any case wae McDade seemin
1 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
yed tae say that the owerture fails forby tae "create a mechanism on page 17
mon Weal statit that the Bill fails tae address the fawin nummers on page 33

2 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
se he'd hae kent that lettuce fails on page 62

1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
McClurg, Fernando tries an fails tae get tae grups wi the efte
1 matches

Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
wrutten wurd is concerned an fails tae treat Scots as a distinct
1 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
. Onythin wi Rude Bits nivver fails ... Shut Yer Face!(2016)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
The crews guid spirits never fails on page 32

1 matches

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