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Use in varieties of Scots

bait Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.2 7.7 21.1 9.9 29.1 0 17.7
Number of occurrences3915 14 1 5 0 4
Number of authors22 10 5 1 5 1

Occurrences of bait in Corpus

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Central

Aitchison, Craig nobody remembers the birdman - Fishin the Mairch, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
slakit stanes, till bait rests oan smaw watter. on page 1

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
cullery an' mend nets, no nur bait they either, it's no richt. A on page 30

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e year ago. He's no taken the bait, ah hink its oor noo." on page 109
e jist cannae fuckin wait tae bait me some maire "Look aroond ya on page 184

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
d jist no risen tae the neds' bait. Anywan can make somewan else on page 43

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
a fauld-stuil in the kirk or bait on page 7

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Scotland an the north sea, U-bait raids, convoys tae North Pole on page 110

1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ee if it’s him. Fuckin jail-bait this, meetin here. Only wan w
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
Puir Oscar,that wis him hyena bait.”
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
o far so good, but whit aboot bait? Usually we managed tae find
g time. A frenzied search for bait ensued. Faither spotted a lar
placed intae the wee plastic bait pail in case we couldnae come
wi some worms. The search for bait went on, eventually faither t
4 matches

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
houldni’ have risen tae the bait. “Y’re no’ dictatin’
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
r we? only roasters take the bait like u have deeky lad - awa (2021) twitter link

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
wid find a sma hook ena. Fur bait a wid sumtyme's chap a limpet on page 1
A smelt eih bait, an a looket en, boy's a cood on page 27
nk Heed's weis a gweed Partin Bait, cus eif yea coodna get oot f on page 30
ax box's a feish, partin's or bait, an eit weis verra handee fur on page 64
Aye tak aw ma bait, an ma partin's en ower on page 69

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
en." Stevie didna rise te the bait. "Lut's git oan wi ess list o on page 51

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
fushin bag, the wand, an oor bait bag was fykie. A raw o muckle
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
he toon, the creels for their bait thrown tae the wins. In an af
The fisher quines got their bait an wun hame w't chatterin aa
2 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
The usual Daily Ranger click bait. https://t.co/SgeOiSSl55(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
cleanan up bits o bait and ither discards on page 149

1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
twi orange. Whit bait on page 21

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Grottie-Buckie and Tirli-Wirli, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997352) Shetland, weans
fae time ta time an help him bait his line. on page 14

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
hedd dem dellin up wirms fur bait, so he cood tak dem i da troo on page 9

1 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
ak claes ready ta dem, an you bait lines ta dem, an you watch da
1 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
was telling me dat dey would bait da fishing line wi dis peerie

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
lang deid body fae some bull-bait on page 20
aa in squathries an sair bull-bait, on page 28
For sic a bull-bait's no been seen on page 40
For sic a bull-bait's no been seen on page 41

4 matches

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