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The word 'markit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
markitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.61810
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 46.5 8 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
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 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of markit in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
" shö said, "an see if hit's markit 'pooshin' or no"; for shö wi on page 13

3 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
xed up an actions gyaan on is markit wi - in (pronounced /ən/): on page 41
n third person singular, at's markit wi da present on page 71

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
ivery stane is different. Der markit on page 33

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
ey wir a roond cairdboard box markit FLECH POODER FOR DUGS. KEEP W
uckle tinny he waeled oot wis markit DARK TAN. Speecial. He scoopi
2 matches

Mid Northern A

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
Barbara markit the last o the bairns' sums a on page 94

1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
d twa pales in i shoppie. Een markit Rowies for i toonsers and een(2019)

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
saa their warld an markit it on page 32

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
wey thru Fife. Their accents markit them oot as strangers an they on page 26

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
They circlet back ower the markit area. Beatrice saw a puff o r
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
wi the words "EAT ME" bonnily markit oot on it wi currants. "Weel, on page 14

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ir like mither an dochter, an markit as weel that she wis a fine-l on page 42

1 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
n ither monumental warks that markit the comin an gauin o the seas
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
his hide was markit wi magical designs on page 43

1 matches

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