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Use in varieties of Scots

oota Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.8 4.8 67.3 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences529 42 0 1 0 0
Number of authors6 4 1 1

Occurrences of oota in Corpus

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Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
pink halter neck tap yi goat oota Zig Zag last Saturday, said C on page 23
it turnt oot the sprouts were oota date on page 92
Marie an as an excuse tae get oota daein PE. on page 96
ae sugar that'd been knocked oota Home Ec. on page 130
, he said, Yi'd need tae take oota mortgage tae buy a can a coke on page 161
Also on pages 169
6 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
cans a hairspray an deodrint oota Tesco at lunshtiym an sellin on page 41

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ed up tae far she wis, ah wis oota braith.
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
rson as taen it hud gone ther oota curiosity aifter hearin aboot

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
PlayStation, an the dartboord oota the spare bedroom, "Ah'm gaun on page 92
s. Ah think his nose is a bit oota jynt." on page 93
ks a puckle o sookin sweeties oota his pooch an wi jist sit crun on page 94
uncied. Ah termintit the life oota her - pullin her ponytail an on page 95
line. Ah slide doon till Ah'm oota sicht. Fit wye can he nae gin on page 96

5 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
! Come on, lut's get the hell oota here," growled Morrice, shovi on page 8
it an affront ye are. Aat wis oota order." on page 9
a the weemin like it wis gaun oota fashion. His een sattled on J on page 10
ically as she wiggilt her wye oota her frock te reveal a wee ree on page 11
great shooer o sparks fleein oota his spaver. on page 15
Also on pages 16, 17, 19, 21, 25, 32, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 50, 51, 57, 60, 61, 62, 64, 66, 67, 68, 72, 77, 80, 81, 85
37 matches

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
@helen_dennison wir OOTA here (2017) twitter link