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The word 'fusper'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fusperOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.8197
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 22.9 7 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 48.8 11 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 fusper 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
is oan casters. He stoopit te fusper somethin in young Walter's lu on page 76

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ie doon min!' quo Minnie in a fusper, an the blaik an fite collie'
n. Minnie could jist hear Ned fusper tae Alec:
idled up ahin his sister, tae fusper in her lug...'Fin I wis a bai
. Aunt Florence bent ower tae fusper in her neice's lug.
y's lang, braid snoot, an tae fusper inno the funnel o her hairy l
5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
e. He drappit his voice tae a fusper.
1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
g wi douce girss threip tae'r fusper tae'r - dinnae get glaur on t on page 3

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
that fusper in my heid o docket lives; on page 33

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
three,' said Wollaston, in a fusper. on page 8

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
eid Queen," Ailice said (in a fusper, for fear she mith gie thaim on page 16
verin thegidder in a frichtit fusper, aat laich at she cwid scarce on page 19
late-kyn vyce, aamaist jist a fusper, "An can aa the flouers spick on page 25
somethin ower tae hersel in a fusper at sounit like "Breid-an-butt on page 63
Keing rounit in a peerie-wee fusper. on page 94

7 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Fae the meenit ye fusper: A div."
1 matches

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