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The word 'fule'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fuleOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.54812
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 141.8 32 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.2 5 4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 5
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 fule in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ae her senses, an gies up dis fule notion at shü's gay, as dey on page 17
I tocht da man wis faan a fule, an didna ken what ta mak a h on page 55

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
'It's fule bluid, Minnie. Orra.'
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
rin as it washed the wikk’s fule claes, an
1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
Ar you the Laird of Udny’s Fule?”, tae whilk the Doric spik
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
If Candlemas day is weet an fule,
Mornin tums oot affa fule an weet.
Day turns oot a richt fule breet,
Day tae start wi is affa fule an weet,
Rain in the mornin. affa fule an weet,
12 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
If Candlemass day be weet an fule,
Wi a fule weet mist it's against the gr
first thing it's affa weet an fule,
Mornin turns oot richt fule an weet,
Ere's a damp fule mist fin we rise,
20 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
d bing wi pipes an fags gaein fule belt. on page 27

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
, “Whit wey are ye makkin a fule o us?”
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Weel, the mair fule, he!"
Bruce: Puir fule! A've sent his soul tae Hell,
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
o consider him a natural-born fule, for you see he can be taught
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Yit Olaf wis nae fule. He kenned fine Thorfinn wuld on page 14

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Fule bairn, ye niver kent her ere on page 8

1 matches

McCabe, Alan Lallans 73 - Unsteek the Door o Ma Hert, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
An aw the words this fule coud say on page 94

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ae wumman an a puckle weans, fule time wark (ir nane ava). Mort on page 16

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ees wi a scrubbin brush, an a fule can o bleckleid tae the reeng
1 matches

McGibbon, Joe Lallans 74 - Draps o Sapie-Bubble, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Ay, drappit the pipe. The wee fule! Is life no cruel?
1 matches

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