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The word 'fences'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fencesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62213
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.2 5 3
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 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 fences in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
n tae fer corners o perimeter fences. on page 19

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Grottie-Buckie and Tirli-Wirli, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997352) Shetland, weans
ets affa da heddr broos an da fences. on page 16

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Fences canna spaek laek a daek - on page 29

1 matches

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
da lower toon. Surroonded by fences ta keep oot da sheep an separ
1 matches

De Luca, Christine Love in a Caald Climate, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
atween fences; nor
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
daurk shaddas ae ither folks' fences, ither back gairdens. Nothin on page 1

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
wuid an there were styles an fences ti negotiate. They didna both on page 77

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
arks and standing outside the fences at 3g parks watching games - (2021) twitter link
al distancing and peepin ower fences if a huv too lol (2021) twitter link
watch games outside perimeter fences/or park in car parks / or use (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Nae arable fields hem't in bi fences, on page 16
Past chain-link fences, roostit 'Keep Out' signs, on page 28
Gleamin fences, rusty railins, on page 94

3 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Guid Fences Mak Guid Neibours, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Guid Fences Mak Guid Neibours
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
loupin graveslabs an wee iron fences. Flat oot he cam tae the kirk on page 66

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e blockit passes, the miles o fences - an for aa the total jammin
rt till ye won tae the Border fences. Wasterly wad tak ye through
2 matches

Glasgow

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
ike tunnels, vaultin the wire fences, hingin fae the drying poles
1 matches

Eunson, Catherine Freude, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
and fences forgotten. Wee flooers lichte
1 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
e arable fields hem’t in bi fences,
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
es and iley tarmac and rotten fences, mibbe the rain widna be sae on page 17
fences, the river; touns and village on page 18

2 matches

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