A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'faint'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
faintOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.23425
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
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 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 2
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 35.2 7 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 7
SEA - South East (Borders) 48.4 4 4
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 faint in Corpus

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Shetland

Nicholson, Hannah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Smooriken, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Shetland, prose
tongue, an on de mooth wis da faint traess o yun mint lip balm at on page 52

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
faint/feint 'feigned, sluggish, etc on page 102

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Is that you Jim? I'm like tae faint I'm in a richt predicament on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Waggitie Will waddled awa as faint’s his webbit feet wad cairr
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
er yer body an almost maks ye faint an then ye div it aa ower aga(2019)

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
And yince I faint they’ll cairt me oot
1 matches

General Northern

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Snog, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
yer tongue, an on yer mou wis faint traces o yon mint lip balm at on page 53

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
appeared (nae a sicht for the faint herted) "Come on in for a cup
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
life. Kin yae hear that? That faint voice at the back ae yur mind on page 15
raig's relief. He jist gees a faint chuckle and seems tae appreci on page 78

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
r her, giein oot concern an a faint waff o cigarette reek.
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ie wis aw richt noo efter her faint, and hud mairched oot the sch on page 221

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Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
and I honestly wis aboot tae faint when the fiddler spoke: “We
This time I did faint.
2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
his ncht. At first it was gey faint an he wisnae certain he wis s on page 69
l Stevie jist aboot fell in a faint. Betty turnt awa laughin her on page 102

2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
eath, an the puppy's bark wis faint in the distance. on page 42

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Hou no mind the wee, faint, no quate richt on page 44

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Kennedy, Julie Ma Mum and William Wordsworth, (Howkin Words Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1399988971) Central, prose
e wi deep blue spaces between faint grey lines an the letters nee on page 18

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
In the faur faint licht cloods o stars beyond n on page 7
Floatin, faint and haurd tae bear, on page 53
Thare is a faint chance oor stanes thaimsels on page 109
Dried up, only the faur faint echoes o bluims on page 134

4 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
They are wee. Awfie wee, The faint shaddas that sometimes kythe on page 21

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
He luiked faint as he said the last words, an on page 9

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
the shools grew mair and mair faint. on page 18

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ld he dae wi them? Hearin the faint soonds o the hook-haundit man on page 92

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Faint o the maisterin leams on page 11

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Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
man wha couldna see nattled, faint i the lull o the wund, an ret
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
r, watchin him walk by wi the faint powdery whiteness floatin roo
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
No fur the faint o' heart on page 50

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Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
l th puppy's bark soonded gie faint in th distance. on page 41

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
or lyke faint reik it dwynes, on page 34

1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
/175.) A hae faint myndins o ma muther telling m
1 matches

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