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Use in varieties of Scots

skitter Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 1 12.1 19.9 0 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences152 8 2 0 1 2
Number of authors11 2 4 2 1 2

Occurrences of skitter in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
s that y ...' Cross the road, skitter doon the canal bank. Find me on page 1

1 matches

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
Skitter.
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ans. "Sinburn, praan pysonin, skitter like caffies' scoor an - " on page 6

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
. "Jist a wee pilie o stew te skitter an nae steen te keep up." on page 14

1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@Manuforti1968 Fa will he skitter on neist?(2019) search twitter

@glenlivetloon tweeted
ithin war an a richt dose o i skitter.(2014) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ent @DoricPhrases nae seein' "skitter; Doric; tae skitter" e.g, "oh(2019) search twitter
isnae mean muckle fin ye've e skitter. Ony hing'll dae.(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Khaki hot pants that luk like skitter on page 98

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
8 gied me rampant spoween and skitter ????(2020) search twitter

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Skitter an slitter, tails high, on page 163

1 matches

Ulster

@Angelinekking tweeted
@TheFarrierPhil I'm more of a skitter than a hallion in all fairnes(2020) search twitter

@the_gellick tweeted
2 Does that mean I cannae use skitter ony mair in my Ulster Scots? (2015) twitter link