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Use in varieties of Scots

craiter Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.1 2.1 12.8 0 40.7 21.9 4.4
Number of occurrences224 8 0 7 2 1
Number of authors14 3 6 2 2 1

Occurrences of craiter 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

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
yngin, leastweys wi this braw craiter. It's sleekit broon back glee on page 81

1 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
ble ti cheinge yirsel intil a craiter as wee as a moose. Syne wad y on page 42

2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A doot the craiter cannae read
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
tent!' An neist it, some peer craiter hudden doon bi a wee withered on page 40

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
th hid a peer leukin chuckeny craiter at caaed itsel a poosan an Ji on page 36
tit ma te leuk like yon Alice craiter." on page 84

2 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
eedin saps til a crochley aal craiter in a wheelchair." Grandad sat on page 94

2 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
tt wis a gey oonchancy kine o craiter an she hid faun oot att Jesus on page 92

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Sanners Gow's Tales and Folklore of the Buchan - The Clootie Dummmplin!, (Ayton Publishing 2017 ISBN: 978-1910601419) Doric - Banffshire, prose
l Mrs Robson wiz an affa fine craiter an so wiz her man Jocky. Heâ€
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
ae tae pinch masel bein sic a craiter as a Scots language teacher a (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
"Oh Alice, du föl craiter'" shö said til hersel. "Foo on page 36
Da peerie ackwird craiter!" on page 61
hit wis a wheer-shapit peerie craiter an höld oot its airms an leg on page 62
red a grain o haet tae apo da craiter's nose. on page 71
na aafil taen wi da look o da craiter, but aatagidder shö tocht it on page 94

6 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
e it was fancy dress," sed ee craiter at wis buskit wi fedders laek on page 35

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
quite lik th look o th craiter, but oan th hale she thocht e on page 92

1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
aiperater’s ae gey yaisless craiter, hei wunnae ein burn i the
1 matches

Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
A wee nip o' tha craiter ta houl tha coul away! Monie (2021) twitter link