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The word 'aits'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
aitsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.52111
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.6 8 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 265 3 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 aits in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
wis wytin fur. Ae boorichie o aits stude shimmerin in the strang
far the last o her faither's aits war cuttit, an dowpit doon in
t byre o beasts an parks fu o aits an barley tae add tae their w
3 matches

General Northern

TheChielMeister Oatcakes 'n' Cheese, (youtube.com 2009) Doric, poetry
t's the hairst the day fur ma aits
Bit nihing beats the aits an' her's fit wye...
2 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
Wheat and baurley, aits and hey,
eed sugar. Ye will hae aa the aits and hey ye want.’
stance, haint three firlots o aits at the hairstin by ingaitheri
3 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
n jalouse, Wheat and baurley, aits and hay, Clover, beans, and n on page 6

3 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
tae stap in, bit the thocht o aits an hinnie on page 14

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
She chores a bool o parritch aits. on page 34

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
The aits frae bere, kent stirk frae st on page 18
Granny's winnin her aits. on page 64

2 matches

@iainnicol tweeted
_liar The secret is tae yaise aits. Nane o this almond pish.(2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ten than naw heppens whin yin aits cake; Alice had got that much on page 14

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Thra aits days tis gien til thee on page 22
Rejoice tha treasure whan aits foond on page 23
Then dumped them ruined in aits wake on page 47

3 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
wye ye dae it wi tha parritch aits on tha tap o it. A wus that f on page 26

1 matches

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