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The word 'foil'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
foilOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7129
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 3
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 foil in Corpus

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Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
tae foil the press gang. on page 8

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ed tae find wee squares o tin foil that looked as though they’
n that hid been heated on the foil. Seemingly there wiz a lot o
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
in ma jaicket lined wi bakin foil for my githerins. I’d even
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
O the three-foil lotus; nae mair sall we anter on page 43

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
They'd foun some burnt tin-foil in his poacket. on page 51
Playin foil tae Lydon in PIL. on page 61

2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Fatigue, he soucht tae foil,
1 matches

Glasgow

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
he Flashing Blade’ or Alcan-foil and Cornflake-packet-plate ta
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
nterior ay a rucksack wae tin foil, then later, fae acroass the
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
An unused johnny still in the foil.
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ance noo o them bein able tae foil Coont Olaf's ploy. But on the on page 134

1 matches

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