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The word 'oobits'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
oobitsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7123
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 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.7 11 2
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of oobits in Corpus

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West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
nks five-year-aulds are hairy-oobits that huvnae hatched yet.' In on page 96

1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
tweel, I maun thole twa-three oobits gin I wiss tae ken the butter on page 36
screen; she that I killt the oobits for (forby twa-three tae be b on page 72

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
hey were livin on green hairy-oobits, and the hairy-oobits tastit on page 79
o jist as honkin as the hairy-oobits. Puir wee Heedrum-Hodrums! Th on page 80
oolfu o mashed-up green hairy-oobits wioot boakin. "Noo listen," I on page 81

6 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
o kail! And if it's got hairy oobits in it, weel, yon's even bette on page 6
hin wioot a wheen biled hairy oobits in it. Snails, tae.' on page 7

3 matches

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