A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example ablow

- pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings - fine-grain concord -

Use in varieties of Scots

bitties Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.4 8 19.2 0 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences2915 12 0 2 0 0
Number of authors12 8 4 1

Occurrences of bitties in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
oor heids in a million tottie bitties. Quick! Cam ower here!' He ji on page 146
nt intae a million tottie wee bitties!' on page 149
heids in a million tottie wee bitties!' on page 150
ppens that ainly hauf the wee bitties find their wey intae the tele on page 151
. 'It'll brek intae a million bitties!' on page 164

5 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
e muckle hame they had luved: bitties aff their grand pianae, a fan on page 13
lookin aw forfechten at some bitties o coal-black toast, they laug on page 32

2 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
rk gaed clunk! and the birlin bitties birled roond and roond until on page 105

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
glis. Scots did borrae antrin bitties frae Staunart Inglis in thae
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
o Scots at mixters thegither bitties o tradeetional or even obsole
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
week, bringin bitties that she speired for an telli
1 matches

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
Scots? There's a couple o wee bitties, a line or twa o verse, facin
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
wad than be chappit intae wee bitties sae’s aabody could get a sh
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The ghaist lichts, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ra by torchlicht, humphin the bitties o deid airmen wi them. The to
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ee pile o electronic gadgets, bitties o weir an cablin, smaa tuils
1 matches

Doric

Reid, Adeline Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Clootie Duff, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
The magic bitties aye missen fae mither's slich on page 20

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
gotten pairty frocks an bonny bitties o cloot aat wi'd colleckit ow on page 79

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n o folk scrattin awa oan wee bitties o paper, ere wis total silenc on page 40
thing ~ Ah'm fed up wi aa yon bitties o paper lyin aboot aa ower th on page 50
eein aroon tryin te git aa ma bitties o paper riddy fir a meetin fi on page 52

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
the sails and rived them tae bitties. The wee sea quine luved the on page 115

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
llock wid scrape the tastiest bitties o beef frae his plate ontae h
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
is thochts war quicksan. Like bitties o a brukken jigsaw, things ma
ugsome an raivelled. The fyew bitties that growed war camshachalt,
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
der scene they’d found tiny bitties o rubber. That wiz it! Nae an
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
“Ye can live athoot a lot o bitties o yer body but nae athoot yer
1 matches

Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, weans
oun ower the years - an haen bitties caa'd doun tae mak scowth for
pbiggin, slatin an pyntin the bitties that wis still staundin, tae
2 matches

Web Analytics