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Use in varieties of Scots

hoot Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9 9 14.4 9.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2817 9 1 0 0 1
Number of authors15 11 2 1 1

Occurrences of hoot in Corpus

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Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
i aw seemed ti think it wes a hoot! on page 48

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
r thum, kecklin, lettin oot a hoot noo an again but keepin gaun. on page 1

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
e speylt and stupit queen wid hoot, on page 22
But Gowdie doesnae gie a hoot on page 32

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
s an their pals? It's a richt hoot whan ye hear the likes o them on page 54

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
Fae the wuids he heard a saft hoot - a houlet - hunting efter on page 17

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2017 ISBN: 978-1785300592) Central - Glasgow, weans
"Zat a hoot Ah hear, fae they trees ahead on page 19

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
The tin sodger didnae gie a hoot and ignored him. on page 73

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
verie, maks this piece a rael hoot!
1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Whuppity Stoorie, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
"Hoot toot!" The auld wummin said i
"Hoot toot," said the auld wummin.
"Hoot toot, keep yer hair oan." The
3 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ly on private firms tae gie a hoot aboot the health o their cust
1 matches

Briggs, Susi Diva, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central - Dumfries and Galloway, poetry
She showed me hoot ae tenderly pluck oot
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
liaments’ tae learn hoo tae hoot n’ holler or be tret lik’
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
in is forecastit for the next hoot an a hauf an heich tide isna (2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
This threid is an absolute hoot. https://t.co/sbKQP6rMOv(2020) search twitter

Doric

@FaeFoggie tweeted
see @standupfarmer and fit a hoot. We hid a newsy and a juice e(2019) search twitter
ndiabz Me and you loon. Fit a hoot.(2020) search twitter
@JaneyGodley ????????. Fit a hoot(2020) search twitter
uvie shouted...PENALTY. Fit a hoot! https://t.co/JKytJmMZ9R(2020) search twitter
ni work oot but she wis sic a hoot. I've aye a soft spotty fir T(2020) search twitter
and 1 other occurrences.

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
n, Strachan or Garioch. Fit a hoot ah't wid be!(2019) search twitter
sic89 @BBCScotland Ah't wiz a hoot!(2019) search twitter
usic89 @BBCScotland Aht wiz a hoot!(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Orkney Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2015 ISBN: 978-1785300066) Orkney, weans
"I hear a hoot in that trees ower there." on page 17

1 matches

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Robby did'nae gae a hoot. on page 23

1 matches

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