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Use in varieties of Scots

skites Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.2 5.3 0 19.9 0 0 17.7
Number of occurrences1610 0 2 0 0 4
Number of authors9 5 1 3

Occurrences of skites in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
skites taewart me, on page 8

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
skites, dights, invites us, unites u on page 8
skites by the Marbroy yetts, on page 57
whae skites an sprachles owre the sod, on page 69
like whit skites oot yer tap pell-mell. Monday on page 77

4 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Skites on his bum, than on fowers al on page 87

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
y nou that he's free He turbo-skites owre the cauld North Sea on page 22

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
him but he just stoats oot an skites aff the railins oan either si
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ae ma best no tae laugh as it skites aff his fuckin baw heid.
1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
skites, dights, invites us, unites u
1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Light, nae flegsome man. Sheu skites ootbye an slams the doar, an on page 46
omepiece ither. The quaistion skites aff his slite an cuttit wirds on page 76

2 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
an skites tha braird then on page 47
A skifter skites owre tha peaks fornent: on page 53

2 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
n orange thrappled Kingfisher skites past, on page 46

1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
A skifter skites owre: Slemish clocks thonder. (2015) twitter link

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