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Use in varieties of Scots

wits Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.8 13.4 10.6 0 23.2 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences4126 7 0 4 1 3
Number of authors30 20 5 2 1 2

Occurrences of wits in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
an see, richt awa - glegger wits, clearer thochts, steiver pur on page 140

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
e affair. Ma maw looks at hur wits' end. A think she's been kept on page 52

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
I'd fricht thaim oot o their wits!" Sae she tuik a wee nibble a on page 44

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
e fleggit them hauf oot their wits. Efter anely a meenit or twa on page 6

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
sae impident as tae fleg the wits oot o a daicent wumman juist on page 68
aw drappt till he gethert his wits. on page 69

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Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
keep his antennae up an' his wits aboot him while he stumbles a on page

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Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
"Then wits the matter?' on page 40

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
y is ae thing, bit keepin yer wits aboot ye lets ye see things t on page 117

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
'Well wits the point in huvin a sword li on page 173

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McCrory, Pat Lallans 57 - Jimsie’s Maw’s Soup, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
he Ritz, near went oot ae his wits, on page 29

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Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
The sodger wis at his wits' end. Never seein his princes on page 46

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McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Soond shift, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
A Lossie chiel at hud his wits aboot him on the day on page 49

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
cuddy asses / Parnassus, low wits / poets. The neist twa poems, on page 141

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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
cause the lads tae lose their wits,
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Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
e aboot laying intae each er, wits gonny get us chucked oot afor
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Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
arn aw the mad golf lingo. ‘Wits a Paul Merton?’ a ask.
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
She gaithert her wits an gollert efter him, “Ahâ€
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Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ime thir fowk sall wauk their wits wi the new evidence and forth
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Facebook link ( 2019) Central
ms on, frichts me near oot ma wits but noo ah can see whaur ah'm

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
liam . . He fair frichtit the wits oot o that laddie o yours, di
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@g_hibby tweeted
a Ye always have tae have yer wits aboot ye Linda.. Some eejits (2022) twitter link

@WhenDidADidny tweeted
se TV magazines that tell her wits gonny happen wae major storyl (2018) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
rds plebs/simpletons and hauf wits come tae mind - huv a nice d (2020) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
e near scared a wifie oot her wits bi shakin his neive at her an on page 32

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
oon. Ay, ye drave him til his wits' eyn, aa richt. His puir aal on page 8

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
n leukin aawye for ye, at wir wits ein wi witty." "Far wis ye le on page 83

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
hoot airms, some athoot their wits - ay, we aa cam back tae a c on page 18

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
uld frichten them oot o their wits!" So she began nibblan at e r on page 52

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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
igin past: it gomed at Ailice wits muckle gentie een, but didna on page 45

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@72redz1903 tweeted
aboot - yir right, need yir wits and yir senses aboot these da (2022) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
might entail, just gluffed da wits oot a him. Poor ting Julie, s on page 2
aff, I see da glude a him fae wits whin I rise at six o'clock, a on page 5
a o a lass seemed ta gluff da wits oot o him. on page 37

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
da wits fae you or da faiderly sea tu on page 46

1 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
-id! D'ye think we're aa hauf-wits!? on page 210

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
tter naw sear thim oot o thir wits!" Sae shae stairtet mbbling i on page 54

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Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Retreat wi'in yer wits agin, on page 21
Mae wits restored with shock oo cowld on page 48

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