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The word 'bitten'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bittenOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.277
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 bitten in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
roond again. Surely no..wance bitten an aal dat (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
teuchters. I hink i micht hae bitten makt than i can chew wi iss e(2019)

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
wey quines look fan they’re bitten bi the love-bug. Ye could abo
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
bitten be the dog an scratched be th
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Nine Fragments - III, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
e me. But tho Cranmore haedna bitten me aathing haed chainged: itâ
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
bitten fingernails, shattered plans. on page 98

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
said Heehaw, 'appears tae hae bitten on a bee.' on page 27

1 matches

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