A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'fi'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fiOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.32117
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.2 5 4
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
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 fi 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

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
ey, hou langsom hid is at sci fi haes fir the most pert sattle
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
row's caerds, melded wi da möfi on page 112

1 matches

Williamson, Christie Da windirs o technology, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Shetland - Yell, poetry
fir da new Hi-Fi.
1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
, an stick some dosh in me Ko-fi ?? thanks https://t.co/dUn9au(2021)

Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
some bauchle had pushed a hi-fi in his cot, cos ivvery word w on page 84

1 matches

General Northern

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
e Nerdsville, fae pages o sci-fi an fantasy buiks on page 33

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
edih na nir yeht semoc ans 'i fi on page 113

1 matches

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
em, they thoucht that kept ye fi' gittin' no weel. Weel, ye ca on page 36

1 matches

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
me oot o some auld, cheap sci-fi film. on page 86

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
t up wi aa kin o ersification fi the leeterati that thocht he
1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
Dat dem start fi try tun language
Yuh wi haffi fine a way fi kill
2 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Hud a fowr tier black ash Hi-Fi shelf on page 140

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
C fi Mock Turtle gied anither deep on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
It raired oot lood, 'FEE FI FO FADDIE, on page 16
'But the Giant raired, 'FEE FI FO FADDIE on page 17
The Giant havered, 'FEE FI FO FING, on page 20

3 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
offerin an alternative vision fi Scotland. The National, Natio
1 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
tae see a High Prince acroass fi him, thit he near fell aff th
1 matches

South East (Borders)

@Woodwinecoolers tweeted
itchystichy @gingertotty Well Fi dinnae go to far ?? (2022) twitter link
@bitchystichy Guid morning Fi how are yeh the day ???? (2022) twitter link