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The word 'minit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
minitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.12010
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 229.8 7 1
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 90.8 5 2

Occurrences of minit in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
Efter a minit Hilda said, kinda impatient l on page 35

1 matches

Glasgow

@johnstone_shane tweeted
Haud oan a minit, is "chunnaic" chun + faic? (2020) twitter link

General Central

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
f yir feet. Gemma's jist this minit put the kettle oan.' on page 46
the fear. They niver knew the minit they might be captured. They on page 47

2 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Shure noo A' hae nae a minit free, on page 34

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
headrig a minit we stan.
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
o ma breeks wud flee aff tha minit A got up. A'm gaun tae hae a on page 26

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
n I'll git ye ocht wairm in a minit."' on page 4
She didnae waste a minit in ascertainin the provenance on page 15
ud gleek at Sally fur juist a minit afore leukin tither away. The on page 21
wunner ma heid thrabs fae the minit I wake?" on page 31
Maisie thocht fur a minit afore respondin. The ice-crea on page 44
Also on pages 49, 54
7 matches

General Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
Ave jus hay ma tea, gae me a minit, a git awffy gassy if a start (2021) twitter link

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
got bettèr agane that verie minit. on page 9

4 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
No warkin at tha minit or at tha lairnin
1 matches

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