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The word 'bites'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bitesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.12318
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.3 10 7
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bites in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
hid bites at the window frames - invis on page 3

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
caused bi wild beasts, snake bites, droonin, suicide or murder.
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
In twaa bites afore the chocolate milts. ht(2019)

General Northern

@cligeey tweeted
should be coontin the mossie bites in Corfu jist noo They will h(2020)

@Franwella tweeted
ll the caramel shortcake mini bites!(2011)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
lights, they were covered in bites: Nou, wha did whit ti wha? on page 18

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ther putting on the posts for bites - or to get attention - aga (2020) twitter link
@DicaculusManiac another one bites the dust brother lol (2020) twitter link
ranentJRs_FC ffs - another 1 bites the dust - n a legend tae - (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
roll back in ma head when he bites doon harshly, and ma cock pra
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
awright. What wae the wey he bites doon oan the wee cushion oan
1 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
dentally stick on Another One Bites the Dust or Going Underground on page 26

1 matches

General Central

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
eps ate up the path in muckle bites but didnae chow; his heavy, s on page 55

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
The skraichs and yowls, the bites and kicks, on page 159

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
g first, chap, chap, afore it bites ye.' on page 8
ke micht gie ye jist afore it bites. 'Cam ower here tae yer Grann on page 9

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
"And thon babbie bites," Edgar said, hoyin a chicken on page 14
es ye," Violet telt her. "She bites awfie, awfie haird if she dis on page 36

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
hen life catches up wi ye and bites ye in the arse. Stella Marie on page 74

1 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
When the dug bites, on page 23

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Grief bites ma wame, like a blade. on page 35

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
n mistreatit an that's why it bites fer nae reason. Puir hing pro(2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Bites an knaws an chews ait thee, on page 36

1 matches

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