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The word 'summit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
summitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus16.65418
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 39.9 9 3
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 60.9 24 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 99.8 8 2
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 summit in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Standan there, apin the summit, gazan oot across the bay. on page 48

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
un elephant. Dir a bad blinnd summit abune Glenorchy," shü addit, on page 53

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
ta her summit an shö ta da plain on page 64

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
mony deein on the wye tae the summit.
1 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
‘Facin south an up tae the summit we couldnae see hide nor hair
1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
n Uncle Tam will maistlik hae summit in heez ain bag.”
flettent doon lik summit hivvie haed trinnlet ower the
2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
Regoolations aboot hygiene or summit.
back summit tae eet. Whin shae weir back
2 matches

@Franwella tweeted
ome bit yer mither might have summit tae say if ye help me n nae h(2011)
r then might i suggest you de summit we yer favourite auntie (me!!(2011)
r a derailment at Waverley or summit(2011)
tweet fan i'm actually de'in summit o ony interest!(2011)

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
uin at Badinloskin. There’s summit gey queer an eldritch tae it
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ve a distressedlookin tree or summit. Yae see, aroond here, it's n on page 15
at wis the antiChrist. It wis summit tae dae wae the cat sittin oa on page 16
n Santa Claus. Ah've realised summit likes, and on page 18
wis searchin Netflix tae find summit tae watch. Ah came acroass a on page 23
Craig ah could sense this wis summit ae a touchy subject. on page 74
Also on pages 88, 120, 123, 131, 146, 165, 177, 193
14 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
t Report o the Scottish Youth Summit.
THE abuin Scottish Youth Summit, that kythed fernyear, wis a
e Report o the Scottish Youth Summit, wi the hail o the by-line ky
3 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
thae keltie gadgies - wis it summit a said - m8 am creesin masel (2021) twitter link
r fo the burra up early - is summit wrong lol (2020) twitter link
s oan the park n the scenes r summit else - b oan tae everyone at (2020) twitter link
kCo @HamiltonDecor al tell ee summit brother - the way u plowed t (2020) twitter link
cmon lads gee the toon airmy summit tae cheer about n awe the bes (2021) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
“Noo, yonder, there, the summit lies,”
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Up high, near the summit, there’s a bird ay prey. An
the Ben ah look again tae the summit which is secreted wance mare
2 matches

General Central

Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
ppened: the weans reached the summit, on page 32

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
"You'r summit else, sae ye ir!" lauched Tre on page 79

2 matches

DaibhidC Moa an the tynt sun, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
cannily. Whan they reakit the summit, they saw a blee licht in the
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Up tae the summit high on page 50

2 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"Ah've heard summit lik eet," said Ahlice. on page 70
Queen's argument was that, if summit wisnae done aboot eet in less on page 86
hur lug. "Ee're hinkin aboot summit, hen, an that maks ee forget on page 87
: "eet means - tae - mak - summit - mair pretty." on page 93
a fair bossy voice. "Tell hur summit aboot th games noo." on page 96
Also on pages 102
6 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
summit aff yer future hope on page 14

1 matches

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