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Use in varieties of Scots

doots Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.1 12.1 6 29.8 17.4 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences3624 4 3 3 1 1
Number of authors20 11 2 2 3 1 1

Occurrences of doots in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
Sepo looked as if he had his doots aboot that. 'Hoo no?' he spie on page 46

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
's stull leevin?' A wis haein doots. on page 20

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
Ah always hud ma doots aboot the power o prayers unt on page 7

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
till, ah decide tae ignore ma doots and proceed tae lovingly guzz on page 80
ink twice aboot expressin his doots. on page 99
ikes me? And the list ae self-doots went oan and oan. First hing on page 186
wis riddled wae the same self doots that wur circlin aboot inside on page 187

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
fack London. Oniebuddie that doots that the intrests o London - on page 128

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
Geordie had nae doots at aw aboot hoo he wis gonnae on page 17

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
... and syne he said in a nae-doots-at-aw voice: on page 21
Muckle Mense, and ye Hae yer Doots aboot Things, ye find sometim on page 94

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
'I've nae doots at aw! Listen!' on page 16
Brock Has His Doots on page 58

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
"A hiv ma doots, least thay'r awfae hungert n on page 79

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
paircel, but frithat, a bodie doots, at the hinneren, gin it rael
1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
Scots, Professor Johnstone doots that,
doots that there a “want o apprec
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
onybody that haes thae kinna doots aboot whether the language th
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
follaed, pittin vyce tae her doots anent the twa heidmaist pynts
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Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ang til the Tories. A hae nae doots that fae here, aince eerrant
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
a bodie that’s lang haed ma doots aboot the richtness o the Ame
ion oot o thaim.”? I hae ma doots.
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
wey is but somewey we hae wir doots.
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
mind. And so wur ma ain self doots that ah could ever be sae dig
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
a flamingo mural." Ah hid ma doots he wid munage aat, bit Ah hel on page 92

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
rms aroon ma an kissin awa ma doots. on page 44

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
, an Elsie definitely hid her doots, bit they didna say onythin.
1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
he academic firmament – nae doots. He wis affa good lookin, a V
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ked, though Jim still hid his doots. on page 20

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@peediepuss tweeted
@DavidsonMagnus I hae me doots (2021) twitter link
@jm_stout Hell aye! Nae doots ava!(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ice, as if shö kinda hed her doots, for shö wis mindin da footh on page 54

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
ta hap wis safe fornenst wir doots an faers. on page 21

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Watt, Valerie A faersome feerie, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
aider shun eftir. So I hed my doots aboot Dr. Kunal’s social sk
1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Strong doots and fears they pose on page 6

1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
yis püt aboot? An why aa tha doots wi'ïn yersels? Tak a luk at on page 112

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