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The word 'false'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
falseOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.43428
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 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 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 2
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 2
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of false in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Me false teeth clattered in me mooth l on page 3

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
, aafil sad, an Brenna says, "False consciousness." "Whit?" on page 98

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
ir faase freends! Linguistic "false freends" ir wirds or expressi on page 105

2 matches

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
ir faase freends! Linguistic "false freends" ir wirds or expressi
Tae "correct" false freends is a mistak. Aa dey i

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
nicht - I'm jist nae gaun Ma false teeth's broken in the sink Wi on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
w digital camera, "...giein a false impression." on page 52

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
at tae the left and right and false words o thanks comin fae my t
1 matches

Mid Northern B

Johnston, Shaun The Forkie Gollach, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
tell them a lee and gi them a false name but then a saw ane of th
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
order can be neither true nor false. An did he nae tell you 'Chai on page 91

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
she says afore flashin a big false-toothed smile.
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Fan her false teeth fell oot on page 64

2 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
e pittin yer pan loaf heid on false.(2020)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
oot his son, the keys and the false teeth, although he said it mi on page 25

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
inning misers: all masks, all false, left to smash At the foot of on page 64

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
hat it was ane fatal year for false notaries and witnesses, as da
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ooked a wee bit lik the jelly false teeth yi used tae get aff the on page 12

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
ooked a wee bit lik the jelly false teeth yi used tae get aff the
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
A story tauld as false as lang, on page 112

1 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
A mynt anither false freen: ma grunny hid a gloryh(2020)

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 76 - The Gied Ower Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
e stanes, riffles through the false
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
hm the eyes, lull him intae a false sense ae security, that's aw on page 24

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Frae the throat o false victory. on page 118

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
y any emotion than the fuckin false wan, an sais nothin. Just hud
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
t but really that’s pish. A false consciousness Marx called it.
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
nd until then, they'd aw been false alarms. But awbody wi mair th on page xvii

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
broad smile on er face wi er false teeth an that, bit Ah mean sh on page 46

1 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
tale, byt yon disnae make it false.
1 matches

@RickHJohnston tweeted
oot o this backward- looking false Union. There's a world role f (2022) twitter link

@DABArbuckle tweeted
because o the like o you. Yer false patriotism and hypocrisy is s(2020)

@ThonJacobite tweeted
because o the like o you. Yer false patriotism and hypocrisy is s(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Januar 19th, 2009, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
yowkit tae false howp.
1 matches

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