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The word 'fo'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
foOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.6129
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 3
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 fo in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
the Mathieson's sake, kennin fo little the Bruces thocht o sk
. He hid seen ower mony byres fo o hungry beasts roarin in the
2 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
ce then they mak it specially fo(2019)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
n - Gothic? Tannadice? A big FO library o Scott novels, Alpin (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
fortun, the barr wes nou pang-fo o cheils at wes ettlin ti fol
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
good tae c the new pr officer fo the burra up early - is summ (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
hir ma wis daein. Because God fo,. bid Barbara Clark actually on page 82

1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
d him; an they were gey handy fo, heatin his brekfast in the m on page 34

1 matches

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

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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
n wi the Quality Impruivement fo(2020)

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