A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'bittocks'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bittocksOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus1.964
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 23.7 2 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
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 bittocks in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
n he cud stap a fyowe bits an bittocks intil a bug afore they gaed. on page 82

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
hairty as ivver, as he flang bittocks o breid intae the watter. 'Ye on page 88

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
The threids raiped ti bittocks o bittocks raiped ti tatty cl on page 27

2 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
ur is no hale wi-outen aw the bittocks. on page 25

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
could tak some o the stoorie bittocks fae the bottom o the bin and on page 16

1 matches

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