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The word 'fang'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fangOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.9138
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 131.2 2 1
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 fang in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
, he tuik oot his shears an a fang o yalla paper, an
An wi a byordnar fang moo, she booed doon tae ett a
2 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
, gulsh, funcy piece, yarras, fang, foggie bummer, johnny groati (2020) twitter link

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
ie o tea in the tae hann an a fang o breid an butter in the tidd on page 95
nou," said Hattare; "Iss is a fang o't I'm aetin." on page 97

3 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Fang the bitch
acroas ma brand new sofa Wis Fang the bitch wi’ hauf a loafer
2 matches

General Central

Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Thu'l reive a wechtie fang gin richt thu haes. on page 87

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purdie, David C. Lallans 90 - Le Vin de Mon Pays, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Southern, poetry
ie me a jag frae the veiper's fang, on page 7

1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
This new fang'led trevellin's no fir me on page 39

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Sitch fang an flirry, ordhers gied: on page 34
Whun a' bes ower, tae fang'l wae; on page 53

2 matches

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