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Use in varieties of Scots

knit Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5 4.6 3 29.8 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences169 2 3 0 0 2
Number of authors14 9 2 2 1

Occurrences of knit in Corpus

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Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
e, altho' Ah like tae sit an' knit, it's no jist fur the pleesur on page 5

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
due in August an could ma ma knit her sume wee cardigans, Ma ma on page 58

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Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
he showed the lassies how tae knit. In, over, through, off an we on page 120

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
up the needles an stertit tae knit tae clothe her bairn, till th on page 61

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Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Wir we that young!, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
thay twists an turns that wid knit us on page 48

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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
onds o luve and jealousy that knit aw the weemin in the faimly t
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@IshbelMcF tweeted
l tale tit, yer granny cannae knit, yer guan tae jail, with a wh(2020) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
e the House o Bruar ... I can knit ye a guid Fairisle Sweater ..(2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
tale tit, ye’re mammy cannae knit, yer daddy cannae go tae bed (2020) search twitter

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Ye kin knit a semmit at oor fireplace, on page 135

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@Franwella tweeted
@shunad PS .... I did knit th VW camper cushion tho ....(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
an the cobwebs knit on page 7

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
I sit here at the window an knit on page 103

2 matches

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
irt tae get fit, or learn tae knit, on page 15
Did yer grannie knit ye a gansie? on page 44

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