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The word 'ooty'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ootyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.9224
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 13.8 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 48.9 9 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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) 795.1 9 2
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 ooty in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
wi it? Are yous takkin a rise ooty me?' His coupon wis turnin gr on page 56
pointy pikey tackets stickin ooty it. They've been haimert in f on page 98

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
CDs o bands ah've syne grown ooty, Accies shirts o bygaun days.
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
didnae even hink it that much ooty the run ae hings tae hear the on page 7
et afore, or a watch tae take ooty it, an she wis that nosy she on page 8
the wey ae expectin nuhin bit ooty-thewey things tae happen, it on page 15
e only yin that goat any guid ooty the chinge: an Alice wis much on page 73

7 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
s, siesta time, nippin in and ooty
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
'Let's get ooty here, Da.' Ah startit tae pus
1 matches

General Central

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
e me that it wis OK tae steal ooty shops cos they made such big
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Ooty sicht on page 2
Ooty sicht, tae dra awa on page 20
On, rowlin easy an ooty sicht, inty on page 29
An drum far ooty gappin sicht. on page 33
Tak me ooty here, on page 46
Also on pages 48, 50
7 matches

Warwick, Matthew Fergie an Freens oan tha fairm, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2011) Ulster - Rural Mid-Antrim, weans
h doot thaim weans wud eat ye ooty hoose an hame!" on page 12

1 matches

Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
fiel tae the watterin bay cut ooty the broo behin Bab’s hoose
1 matches

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