A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'faÂ’s'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
faÂ’sOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.2174
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 39.2 12 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 faÂ’s in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Big thanks tae aabody faÂ’s submitted new Doric wirdies: (2014)
FaÂ’s fur a backie? http://t.co/CrD(2014)
onnie Crieff Nutcracker Shop. FaÂ’s fur a ca o ma cracker? http:/(2015)
FaÂ’s fur a gamie o hopscotch? FitÂ(2018)
ds this car aff the telly and faÂ’s is it? https://t.co/ps8bQ9AAF(2018)
and 7 other occurrences.

General Northern

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
3 @OorVyce Spikkin as someone faÂ’s jist at the tail-eyne o a PhD(2020)
@ionafyfe ?????? FaÂ’s shat in their cornflakes?(2019)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Guess faÂ’s back! Aye it me faÂ’s back! Ye winna catch me in th(2019)

General Central

@ionafyfe tweeted
@byrnesong @stewartbremner FaÂ’s Sandy Paton?(2020)