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The word 'fac'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
facOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.41811
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 29.4 9 5
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 4
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 fac in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
wheen carnapcious as weel. In fac she wis like sumbiddie's cams on page 84

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
e're fairly stuck an that's a fac" "Nae need tae tell ma - oh m on page 15

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
he hid strick't enstructien's fac hee's da, "Aik Don" nay tae on page 12
cus ye wid offin gct a jobie fac em, maynen aul timmer feish b on page 29
bonnie new steik's an nail's fac Jock's shed. "Aat's eih timme on page 34

3 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
nnin, ye shuldna gloat owre e fac att e deils dee fit ye tell t on page 98

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
s cat's dirt. Mair coorse, in fac. She wis that ill-naturit she
tudent, kennin anely the bare fac that he'd bin born there. In
t aathin shared atween ye. In fac, I hid a wird wi the Hoosin U
3 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
is worth mair nor a penny. In fac, it wis worth ten poun?" on page 108

1 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ot mah lack o sonsie lukks. A fac Ah'd learnt a guid whilie syn on page 27

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Than gnat's or flea's - in fac, sae sma
1 matches

General Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
airmy.) But even waur wes the fac that they thocht he suid ken on page 65

2 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
e's nae obvious inklin o this fac o transience as the publican on page 72

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
kked oot o pliss in thaim. In fac the buits, alang wi the flair
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
bring coloured fowk inti the fac-
1 matches

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