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Use in varieties of Scots

wit's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 10.3 0 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2120 0 0 0 1 0
Number of authors7 6 1

Occurrences of wit's 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.

Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'Aw aye? Wit's that?' on page 9
astin hoat can ae Tennent's. 'Wit's yer names anywey, boays?" on page 10
me, pal. Aw, hen, by the way, wit's yer name?' on page 22
'Wit's up?' Disco asks, 'Did ye get on page 23
n't hink he cin quite process wit's gawn oan. It's aboot tae get on page 27
Also on pages 29
8 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
'Wit's the script wae him?' Finnegan on page 5
pectfully tae our wee story. 'Wit's yir name, wee man?' echoes th on page 22
wee cheeky smile anaw. Yolt. 'Wit's yir name then, wee man?' Patr on page 26
's heads ir pokin oot tae see wit's happnin. 'FUCKIN YOUNG TEAM, on page 34
mination in ma swagger n know wit's comin. A pass a few younger T on page 45
Also on pages 48
6 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
'Wit's the matter Da? It's fine, a t on page 40
wis yelling fae the kitchen. "Wit's happened tae the fucking bean on page 41

2 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
'Wit's the matter wi you, eh?' mah m on page 77

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
, ee said. Big deal, ah said, Wit's that got tae dae wi me. Ah'mj on page 41

1 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
"Wit's wrong?" Lewis asked the girls
1 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
communication when ah'm at ma wit's end. Dialect, tae me, is a re
1 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Sawney's wit's left Wendy fir deid, on page 213

1 matches

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