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The word 'pointit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pointitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.2239
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
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 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 21.4 16 3
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of pointit in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
guid mad, du kens - " (an he pointit wi his taespön at da Mairch on page 72
soondin prood o himsel, an he pointit ta da tarts apo da table. "Na on page 123

2 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
e barley hid been sown, an ah pointit tae ma raggit Tattie Doodle. on page 118

1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
e the secret yin goes awa." I pointit through the fence again. "D'y on page 74

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ak oo oot ma initials.' An he pointit tae the scratchit letters T T on page 53

1 matches

General Central

Shepherd, J. Barrie Lallans 82 - Glenluce Abbey , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
the keeper pointit oot, on page 56

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
chin, there wis a wee, trig, pointit bleck baird - a goatee. And on page 67
at the veesitors. Ane o them pointit towards the bairns, and then on page 78
"That button ower there.' He pointit wi his fingtr. Awbody looked. on page 137
ye see the trucks?' Mr Wonka pointit tae a line o gigantic vans pa on page 167

4 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
51. The submissions pointit oot the need for Scots tae be
“Scots”. As pointit oot by P H Scott, President,
e submissions ingaithered has pointit oot sindry difficulties an
est solution tae the problems pointit oot.
Ireland, ae submission pointit oot there ainly the ane aw-Ga
11 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
wae Jock ay away. Some o them pointit oot ye'd ay been like yon wae on page 78

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Blak pointit sticks, tha eshes hoak on page 10

1 matches

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