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The word 'fortnicht'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fortnichtOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.42820
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 42 4 4
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 14.6 6 5
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 2
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
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 fortnicht 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.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
aatch fin Ah wis doon Sooth a fortnicht syne. Myn you, ma stocks an s on page 37

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
rts o bronchitis, bit efter a fortnicht he aye shook it aff. It's thr
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Aboot a fortnicht later her man wiz teen intae
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
This wint on for mair than a fortnicht until eventually wi the cookâ
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
tie Mary nae mair nor eence a fortnicht. on page 35

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
s forhoo their hametoon for a fortnicht. Valencia isnae jist aa aboot on page 3

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Leslie, Dawn Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner, (no publisher recorded 2023) Doric, newspaper
s te play at in the spaee o a fortnicht. Proper Suntie's wee helpers
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
solate wi Grunny for the next fortnicht noo. Yvonne and I didna manag
1 matches

General Northern

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
He'd cam hame eence a fortnicht, on the train, because he did on page 17

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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
en affa middlin ower the last fortnicht an, the
yard every fortnicht for the hale winter. Jonsar E
aff shore. It wis a fortnicht efter the wauk or Ronald appe
3 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
et dug oot or efter the Treds Fortnicht!" on page 90

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
Ah anerly bocht this thing a fortnicht syne.' he seyd, takkin aff he on page 27

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
: Ay, A'm gaun the-morn, an a fortnicht's traivel wul bring me thare. on page 46

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
nice haesna been here abuin a fortnicht an that’s Stuart startit. F
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Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ere going up tae Orkney for a fortnicht and Faither had the brilliant
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Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
, twa stiffs in the space o a fortnicht, unheard o roond these pairts
1 matches

West Central

Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
t a caravan in Kinghorn for a fortnicht every July and spend the hale on page 102

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Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
A turnin pynt i the the final fortnicht o the independence referendum
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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
d been goin on fer mair nor a fortnicht that Jock arose ae Sunday mor on page 34
w o them that were glad o the fortnicht's escape fae the wife an bair on page 47
don an A wuid come back for a fortnicht or thereaboots in the summer on page 72

3 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Aboot a fortnicht efter Falad’s crew jynt tha
tae the lawlans. It wad tak a fortnicht at the least.
2 matches

General Central

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
en readin aboot ower the lest fortnicht – whit place daes that hae
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@Chazzbat tweeted
tak me tae the library every fortnicht, an Ah yaised ma mither's tic(2020)

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