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Use in varieties of Scots

moot Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 1.5 1.5 19.9 17.4 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences113 1 2 3 1 1
Number of authors10 3 1 2 2 1 1

Occurrences of moot in Corpus

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Central

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
thay moot yer ne'er mair than on page 20

1 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
ties will be brave enough tae moot it?
1 matches

@RickHJohnston tweeted
Moot point of course as ENGLAND ?? (2022) twitter link

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
A moot, "naw, Dar Oma yon's a whaup on page 3

1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
happen?" sheu says, ithoot a moot o a smile, an Olaf replies, " on page 121

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
r found than not. Poor peedie moot. (2021) twitter link

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
sterday we rescued dis peerie moot fae a roadside ditch. Hope sh(2016) search twitter
pped oot my door. Poor peerie moot ?? https://t.co/rcTrAjn0bO(2015) search twitter

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
Here it is, the peerie moot ???? https://t.co/GvQPPpF14m(2020) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
"I quhill what future food is moot, an advent o the sklentiefrui(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
@padraigfd @HurchinHome Its a moot point Alex as there are sligh(2020) search twitter