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The word 'forrits'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
forritsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.3174
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
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) 153.7 3 2
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 182.7 13 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of forrits in Corpus

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Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Fur tha mair yin fit gaed forrits, tha ither stauchert bak. on page 5
Gin thon's "gan forrits"! A say "Yugh!" Fur thon's no on page 14

2 matches

NewtonLass Tay, (newtonlass.blogspot.com 2011) Ulster - Newtownards, poetry
Gin thon’s “gan forrits”! A say “Yugh!”
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Fair forrits on page 53

1 matches

General Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
Roadin furtae Brïng Forrits an Graith tha ULSTÈR-SCOTCH on page I
Roadin taks tent 'at brïngin forrits an graithin tha Ulstèr-Scotc on page 1
"tak a Roadin oan han pittin forrits whut wye it mints at giein a on page 3
e cum aboot. This Roadin pits forrits, owre a tack o 20 yeir, tha h on page 6
a wheen o pairties furtae pit forrits a ploy fur goverment o twinit on page 11
Also on pages 19, 37, 47, 49, 55, 58
13 matches

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