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The word 'fringe'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fringeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.93318
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.5 6 2
WCE - West Central 22.2 5 3
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 17.1 13 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of fringe in Corpus

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Shetland

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
@MarjoleinR how I imagine dy fringe show wis gonna go(2020)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s eebroos disappeart aneth is fringe. on page 51

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
tail o ilkie slate reef hid a fringe o icicles, dreepin. The yalla
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
is premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2002. It wis performed in
eat’ bi Sarah Colvin on the Fringe this year atween 31 July an 2
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Fringe, whit Fringe?
LEUKIN for a Fringe shaw that's no in English? Le
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
the palaver oh the edinburgh fringe m8 - ad rether hae a fish su (2021) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
n een and daurk hair cut in a fringe across her brinkie-broo. Mati on page 95

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
k troosers; Kelly Marie got a fringe so Charlene got a fringe. Cha on page 28
od except fur this wee stupit fringe bit at the front. It looks a on page 169

3 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
™ sober fur the rest e’ the Fringe.
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
storie wi a few sops tae the 'fringe' nations o these islands. An on page 61

1 matches

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
t the front. He poud doon his fringe. A wee bittie mair licht, bit
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
, sittin there wae his floppy fringe, tappin his fingers oan the s
1 matches

General Central

@jax6754 tweeted
yir coming tae perform at Ed Fringe this year? XXX ???(2015)
me!?? Please come back tae Ed Fringe in 2016. Will be lookin oot f(2015)
adly as yet! Especially as Ed fringe is just round the corner! xxx(2015)
hrisRamsey Oh whit tae dae Ed Fringe and enjoy Festival Experience(2015)
ey hat fir yir journey tae Ed Fringe. as 2day chuckin it doon! X(2015)
and 3 other occurrences.

@iainnicol tweeted
reamt A gaed tae a hootenanny fringe shaw.(2020)
eraldscotland lol. I know the fringe ain't on but: whit?(2020)

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
ots maun hae a life efter the Fringe.(2016)

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
photie o ye. Hope tae see yer Fringe show this year! ?? Woo hoo(2019)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
n opporchancity missed at the Fringe. People flyering constantly. (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Auld Reekie, Festival an Fringe, on page 77

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
, his een keekin oot ower his fringe tae seek reassurance frae Mai on page 13

1 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
t, gleekin up ower the square fringe on her face as she propped he
1 matches

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