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Use in varieties of Scots

fitted Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 6.2 18.1 29.8 5.8 20.7 4.4
Number of occurrences3112 12 3 1 2 1
Number of authors25 11 7 3 1 2 1

Occurrences of fitted in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
bare-fitted in the burn, thir cries on page 15

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Which fitted him jist fine. on page 34

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
he felt bonnie is weel an she fitted richt brawlie ablow mah chin, on page 27

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
neat hidey-hole. They'd even fitted a widden lip so the cut board on page 1

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Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
pen. A saw hoo the hale thing fitted thegither. It wis a revelatio on page 89

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
e millions o tottie pieces is fitted back intae its richt place (j on page 144

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Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
pen. A saw hoo the hale thing fitted thegither. It wis a revelatio on page 89

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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
iles made sense for that they fitted the Hawick dialeck, or juist
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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e another gemme aw thegither. Fitted Kitchens.
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Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
r eyebroos, and wears tichtly-fitted clothes the Grim Reaper would
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Niven, Liz Burnin Whins, (Luath 2004) Central, poetry
scuil’s routine ye wir ill-fitted,
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@ThonJacobite tweeted
e kept maist o' the food (nae fitted cabinets) and ma auld Nana wi (2021) twitter link

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
aneth your fit; atween ill fitted cracks on page 10

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
she wis fair pleised that id fitted! on page 11

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
int o bitter. An that exackly fitted his mood. For bitter he wis. on page 107

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
blotch. Ye see, there wis nae fitted cairpets in oor hooses in the on page 76

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
seat, so he fitted the auld belt on, an athing w
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
raked oot a auld shaft an fitted it intae the fork. he wis awa
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Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
wids!” I tried it on and it fitted like a glove. “It suits ye!
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Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
they’d been shocked an back fitted, but soon they’d turned the
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tellt her he wiz pleased they fitted well and wished her mony a gw
he soon found twa that almost fitted but an hour o the needle and
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@fittiecrooners tweeted
s n chairs at the Fittie Bar "fitted" in this efterneen! Nae reall(2018) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
uggy wiz gettin its new beets fitted I spint ma savin's aht e bake(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ond a six-feet snooker table, fitted on page 14

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Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
as he made the iron shoes and fitted them, exactly the right size. on page 33

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Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
us she’s seen a Lamborghini fitted oot in blue an yellow: No, re
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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
h, shö wis da med up whin he fitted! on page 11

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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
as fair chuffed tae finnd eet fitted! on page 11

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@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
lone/solitude. a fin’ latter fitted me n’ being happy, thou! ahm(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
But we're bowl-fitted streckin oot, on page 45

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