A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'fake'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fakeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus18.15930
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
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
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 55.8 22 7
WCE - West Central 32.2 7 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.6 11 6
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) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster 42.2 3 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of fake in Corpus

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Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
@AidanCTweets And fake tan aff the towels!(2021)
tae winder aboot fokk at maks fake accoonts on here tae hide ahi(2021)

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
n the Meikleburgh wye, ooto a fake-tan bottle, skytin on each it
1 matches

Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
u so a dinna need tae use the fake stuff ah use ah the time! Yur
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Facebuik Fake News Statement – If it soond(2017)

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
tae the fake tits in yer wife. on page 19

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
as fake as populist news on page 26

1 matches

General Northern

@beast_afc tweeted
yer shoulder... an lashins oh fake tan....... shock.(2020)

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
Where's he getting the fake Highland accent from? He's fa (2023) twitter link

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ah ask fakin fur the sake ae fake interest. "Wur the social ful on page 174

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
nie frae the tea-room foond a fake note in her till, so she phon on page 46

1 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
a a proper language, it wis a fake, makkit up stew o cringewirth
ayebidin fecht atween whit's fake an genuine is kenspeckle. Mak
dialect wi Doric an English - fake bampot! Tak the North-East: w
AYONT THE FAKE OR THE LEAL: SCOTS AS A HAPPE
Scots isnae fake or genuine; Scots happens - f
7 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
git in here, Av got terrible fake ID, am stawndin’ here nixt
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
He haundit the Tattie Bogle a fake diploma frae the Ulanbator Un
œYe willnae fix ma problem wi fake diplomas, citations or medals
2 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
d heid oan a stake. Pap oan a fake beard and it’d be the spitt
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
d heid oan a stake. Pap oan a fake beard and it’d be the spitt
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
n aboot nooadays - wae there fake tans/applyin moisturizer n ma (2021) twitter link
tae instagram m8 - but use a fake identity - n ool baith hae a (2020) twitter link
s - n as ee ken a kin spot a fake a mile off lol (2020) twitter link
l_sport Lfc - surely this is fake news - ffs lol (2020) twitter link
defo a look at me type but so fake its priceless (2021) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
giggles an her laugh wis that fake she soundet lik a hairdrier. on page 36
cause Santa's that guy wi the fake on page 40
Naw yi can well tell that's a fake, she said, Cause the stitchin on page 51
, Why wid anywan want tae eat fake bacon. Cause it's healthier t on page 88
n (but ah think her tears wur fake wans cause she's always daein on page 169

6 matches

@annieones tweeted
that. Ye know whot they say, fake it till ye make it. (2021) twitter link

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
We three fake front pockets on page 66

1 matches

Edinburgh

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
mfortable tho. Ah feel like a fake, like am tryin tae soond less
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
maelstrom ay sovereign rings, fake tan, wet perms and chib marks
1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Are cause ma brain makes fake hings real. on page 18

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
it turnt oot tae be a clivver fake. The kenspeckle English scien on page 28

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
hit ah kin aniline assume are fake tattoos and an Iron Maiden T- on page 11

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'Ye've got a fake accent,' Granny continues. 'S on page 29
early than ever before in hur fake Glasgae University accent. Sh on page 114

2 matches

McClurg, Fernando The Potemkin Pairty, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
men were pittin up a portable fake village ful o happy, weill-fe
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
@laughingginge Big fake news. The biggest fake news e(2020)

@changed_days tweeted
ban it too. So a went wi the fake macdos account tae try an sne (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
@MichaelPSenger Fake!! Hands on the ground! a dinn(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
worth it, mind you. It’s aa fake materials… gyprock facades
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
'A fake, A doot", tha maist wud say, on page 48

2 matches

General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
orical revision/elision. More fake news(2019)
mpared to thon Stick insect's Fake Bake. A sati really suits me!(2016)
@trishdevlin Thons fake news. I just called him a tit(2019)