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The word 'motir'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
motirOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7122
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 32.7 10 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 motir in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
r myn then rinnin aboot in is motir." on page 23
e'r surely aye gettin rid o a motir or twa," said Davie, is een s on page 30
"Shid git yersel a decent motir, Sandy, maan." Billy teen a l on page 34
nither in the back seat o the motir. "Wi'v bookit wir holiday. Es on page 39
in - iv she disna hae ex ain motir, she'll hae tull." on page 52
Also on pages 54, 56, 74, 84
9 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
it in annoyance es he heard a motir draa inte the close: Stevie w on page 37

1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
The Crowner wes set in hiz motir, whaur thai jyned him. The lo
thai cawed out in Tammas’s motir ti hae a vissie. Richt eneuch
2 matches

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