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The word 'cot'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
cotOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus154831
ORK - Orkney 109.3 11 5
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 23 5 3
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 9.4 7 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of cot in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
took the bairn fae the cairry-cot and I held her oot tae Jack. on page 60
rly brokk his nose Fur peepan cot beneath him wis a full-blown on page 73

2 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
agean a broon, checked worsit cot, on page 101

5 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
wae an upturned cot on page 18

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ir's tops, jumpers and evin a cot on page 100
Sunday shae pat oan her rainy cot on page 115

2 matches

Brown, Moyra Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Cream widden cot, safe for nights dreams on page 29

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
ng. He even med him a boannie cot da lik o whit you hed nivir c on page 13

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
Andra sat straicht up oan his cot, plottin like a pig. 'Fit in on page 84

2 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
OOOOODOON O!!?? shi wid blast cot. Yea wid jump oot o yer skein on page 5

1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
I’m cot in aa widders as weel. Up in
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
him an auld timmer cot caad Mary.
e ava. She’d bin a fantoosh cot in her day, hissed ower an co
2 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
batterin aff the sides o yer cot on page 30

1 matches

General Northern

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
id Dad a han wi pittin up the cot, an the games room turnt inte on page 92
Mabel's lyin in a plastic cot. A wee bunnle o blunkets an l on page 96

3 matches

Milligan, John Lallans 68 - Fu Brawlie Kythe Their Hair, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, poetry
he jiggin or a waddin or jist cot on the tea on page 40

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ggerey will tell ye, wi a doo-cot wi some eye-catchin widwork o
1 matches

(South) East Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
oun a vennel atween the white cot hooses, lowpin aamaist in ter
1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
eh? Bit thair time’s rinnin cot, gin thai bit kent it ...”
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
s me, but it jist didnae work cot fur her cause she got tolt sh on page 169

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
Thi bit wair it says they git cot coz they run intae a lamp pos on page 41

3 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
A boonced cot e’ ma chair whin they playe
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Then, cot o the corner o his ee he saw on page 69

1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ke drums, placed in a plastic cot on page 76
Snug in their cot on that first dairk nicht. on page 88

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
ae the lamas that a wean in a cot wi pink frilly covers isnae a
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
e stack at the gable-en o the cot-hous; herdin the beasts on th on page 55
There were nae windaes in the cot-hous, an the only licht cam i on page 56

2 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
umphie, 'it's yersel that wis cot, Pooh.' on page 2

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
Anither bed, likesay. A guid cot for Sunny. Curtains for the w on page 36

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Thi Leerie, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
A'd tak ye intil ma cot whaur thegither, on page 93

1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
atween ‘o’ in words like cot, an ‘oa’ in words like co
th maks a disteenction atween cot an coat, but Wast Kilbride an
sh still maks coat langer nor cot. Sae conservative spellins li
3 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
bairns sleep. “Gie the pram/cot/wean a wee shoogle”.(2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
re, A know A dae!" said Alice cot loud, naw taakin tae onieboad on page 31

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
e ma gate-poast an tuk a lump cot o it. Noo tha boy drivin telt on page 25

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ssin goun, "Ye feart the life cot o me. What are ye daein up th on page 10
there in a minit!"' she caalt cot as she set tae wark strippin on page 54

2 matches

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