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The word 'smit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
smitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus51614
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 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) 176.7 2 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of smit in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
t conditions dey wir bound ta smit ane anidder. A parteekler tra on page 7

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Aa smit on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
, that neither o them hid the smit, an love cud bluim.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
rs o Bretane an belyve cam ti smit
1 matches

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
that smit him later frae a warm addicti on page 139

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
wk tried tae avoid gettin the smit by bidin indoors as lang as t on page 96

1 matches

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
it fae him an scrauchles awa. Smit by a stark sense o déjà vé on page 9

1 matches

Smith, Jamie The dingin doun o devolution, (Mak Forrit 2020) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ect theirsels frae the corona smit wi’oot sic propaganda. Itâ€
1 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
'He wis ainst smit oan oor Nell, on page 11

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Ye'll gie millions o folk the smit!' on page 83

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
RK JAGS, SAIR SPYOGS, BRISTLE SMIT, AND GRUMPHIE GRUE. GIE YIN P on page 30

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
land an that a thrid took the smit, tho oor owthor canna richtly on page 110

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
frae a mastoid smit on page 86

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Warwick, Matthew Tha Feardie Geng hae tae bide at hame, (Sensory Attachment Centre 2020) Ulster - Ballymena, weans
Feardie Geng kens whut gettin smit wi tha flu’s lake, sae they
s at hame, tha wee bug cannae smit thaim.
2 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Ode Tae 2021 , (twitter 2022) Ulster - Comber, poetry
I was poostie, whan Covid smit folk.
1 matches

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