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Use in varieties of Scots

hit's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words88.9 13.4 0 0 976.5 0 402.8
Number of occurrences28526 0 0 168 0 91
Number of authors21 8 12 1

Occurrences of hit's in Corpus

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Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Hit's aa wede awaa With our post-id on page 58

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Intimate, is it no? Hit's like haein Hell tae yersel, on page 128

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Hit's a lang sair fecht on page 36
erent fae North East Scots an hit's gey different til Orcadian Sc on page 38

2 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
he leuk. (Listens) Aye - but hit's ower early tae say mither. A' on page 3

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Nae wey ti unwyve hit's riptured ti unwyve nae wey on page 26
Hit's anerlie abortit beginnins wi on page 27

10 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
eid is a bittie lik thon, but hit's a heffalump, whaur the spelli on page 4

1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
wer seiventeen year syne thit hit's timeous for tae gae ower hou
te the uiss o the Scots leid, hit's culture, an Scots in educatio
2 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
as suin as hit's been creatit,
hit's a airtifact.
hit's recordin.
as hit's spoke
4 matches

Hubbard, Tom Scottish Faust: Poems and Ballads of Eldritch Lore, (Kettillonia 2004) Central, poetry
Hit's a single ee, thon lamp, that
1 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
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@maelebir Ay, hit's Sonic Robo Blast 2.(2019) search twitter

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
tury. Bein a dialect o Scots, hit's a closs freend ta standard En on page V
t be da best thing ta caa it: hit's a name laek Ulster Scots, and on page VI
first," shö said, "an see if hit's markit 'pooshin' or no"; for on page 13
ö wis twa separate fok. "But hit's nae ös noo," tocht poor Alic on page 14
gless table sam as afore, "an hit's werr as ever noo," da poor ti on page 20
Also on pages 21, 26, 32, 38, 40, 51, 58, 60, 67, 69, 70, 71, 73, 76, 81, 83, 85, 86, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 103, 104, 106, 112, 116, 120, 123, 125
54 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
As fir a boady hit's joost lik da girse, or lik a on page 44
Hit's abön me an beyond. on page 47
Hit's a funny state o affairs - i on page 51
Man. Dunna pit idders doon - hit's no whit da Göd Man wid do. F on page 97
ean is up ta me, efter aa hit's my money. Surely naebody can on page 104
Also on pages 109, 119, 131, 137, 155
12 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"Na, na, hit's ...hits ..." I cood see her s on page 43
s utterly devoted ta dem, but hit's a wan-wye traffic, June didna on page 44
"Hit's aafil guid a dee ta come," sh on page 45

5 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Hit's waantin mærnoriess næthin, on page 14
hit's doar set oppin on page 17
t smitts da tiddir fooils wie hit's quhaams. on page 20

10 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
slowly dwine, hit's dat specific; naethin lik on page 31
Hit's seein aathin brand new. on page 33

5 matches

Nicholson, James Lallans 58 - Do whit du’s telt, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
"Hit's cause I dunna aet sweeties li on page 17

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
fu hit's jöst a blink; at we canna re on page 19

5 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Na, hit's aniddir kjettil dir kaatchin, on page 27

5 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
becaase I hae naethin idder. Hit's you at haes da fancy dress." on page 35

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
s wi at da skül, an even noo hit's traetit as bein "wrang" whin on page 7
een wid be Jamaica, at's seen hit's naiteral resources sookit dry on page 9
ey bidden fairly different an hit's a muckle pairt o wir local id on page 10
een a language an a dialect?" Hit's no sae aisy tae say wan wye o on page 11
nguage wi a unique structure. Hit's ivvri bit as valuable as ony on page 16
Also on pages 19, 20, 21, 40, 42, 44, 46, 50, 53, 57, 60, 74, 79, 85, 90, 97, 98, 101, 103
37 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
"Weel, hit's a boo o wadder fae da sooth-a on page 23
Hit's aesy ta see foo paece offerin on page 46
send penga, but hit's haerts an minds on page 47
hit's a hard life but a göd een. on page 56
Tree cups o tae.' He says, 'Hit's OK.' on page 68
Also on pages 84, 85, 86, 98, 108, 110, 117
14 matches

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
At last, hit's passed Mam's dryness tests an
1 matches

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
cleared da daeks an set tae. Hit's a caald dreich job, bit der's
1 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
Hit's no lik a track event, high ji
ffort; bit wi high jimp, weel hit's aboot lack o effort. Aa da pa
ss your bearins. Cancer. Weel hit's da wird you faer maist. Whin
dly spak aa da rodd hame. Man hit's ee thing daelin wi your ain m
dree hit oot, bit idder folk? Hit's ill ta bear.
5 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
Weel, hit's not ta be sayin at I ran for
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - Da Odyssey (1-75), (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, poetry
at 'Ill is fae da gods', bit hit's
Hit's dat siggit-hertit aert-shoard
2 matches

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
da festival?" der nae doot - hit's spaekkin aboot John an da mem

Williamson, Christie Da Problem o dese Paerts, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Shetland, prose
n editor's request. Sic laek, hit's da first bit o prose a'm ivvi
1 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
'Hit's a shö, no a he, bairns'. (Tr
!' Nicol shouted wi delight. 'Hit's Mitten! Oh Mitten whaar is du
n? An der's a phone number an hit's no wir een! Whit's gyaan on?'
Weel, hit's winderfil what a cup o tae ca
'Hit's wirkit weel enyoch' said Ingr
5 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
@sheltielisa Cheers ?? hit's aesin a peerie bit but still (2021) search twitter
Hit's been 10 months fae aa dis sta(2021) search twitter

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
thair tim'tae engage wi' iz. Hit's a matther o' deep regret tae on page 4
equent plen shud bae braid in hit's scope es the penel alloos at on page 5
tity dhriv bae the revival o' hit's leid, heirskeip an' culture. on page 6
ocail cooncil shud commission hit's ain Ulster-Scots strategy wi' on page 7
' Ulster-Scots placenaimes in hit's airt an', fae thon, a on page 9
Also on pages 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 39, 40, 42, 43, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 63, 64, 65, 66, 672, 69, 72
91 matches

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