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The word 'craiter'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
craiterOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72917
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 40.7 7 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 42.5 13 7
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 2
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of craiter in Corpus

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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

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
THI PEER CRAITER on page 1
t Margit shi weis a qweat wee craiter, bit shi ayewcis gid me a war on page 30
. Noo, fin we weis ripen, thi craiter wid streech oot ben thi tap o on page 57

4 matches

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
er wirdies for ess bonnie wee craiter that gies yer hert a heeze up on page 37

2 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

Aberdeen

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

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
its craiter howled its siren call on page 23

1 matches

(South) East Central

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

Ayrshire

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

General 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

South East (Borders)

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

General Ulster

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