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The word 'ootskirts'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ootskirtsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1108
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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of ootskirts in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
lived in a widden hut on the ootskirts o the toon, No bigger than a on page 68

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
wee workin class toon oan the ootskirts ae Edinburgh. Ah've heard a l on page 101
'Paws Dog Sanctuary' oan the ootskirts ae the toon hus been hard fur on page 158
e run doon miners club in the ootskirts ae the Toon. An expense spare on page 165

3 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas Tae Kathleen Jamie, an ither Scots Scrievers, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
t hiv been scoukin aroond the ootskirts o the leid this mony a lang y
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
were sleepin in a barn on the ootskirts o toon an they wad let him jy
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
oop purposefully taewards the ootskirts ay the village. A polis motor
1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
'We're on the ootskirts o Fantooshopolis noo,' said C on page 16

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
um, middle ae naewur, on the ootskirts ae a city thit wis et war jis
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
cumin up tae Jericho, on tha ootskirts, a blin man wus sïttin beggi on page 101

1 matches

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