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The word 'passit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
passitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.71911
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 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh 31 5 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 4
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 passit in Corpus

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General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
e precise meenit Mieras's car passit, pinnin the front o it doon l on page 118

1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
nt, the sweet musk o a story, passit haun tae haun, an layered wi
1 matches

(South) East Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
wiznae tae pass iz he hizsel passit whin he wiz anely thritty-see on page 78

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ntee, the nobs at Westminster passit the Treason Act in1708 that s on page 42

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ly see that Alex Bain too had passit awa. He was aw on his lane, f on page 42
British Parliament eventually passit the Reform Bill that pit an e on page 125

2 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
auf our. At lang an lest shae passit intil ma on page 3

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
eins, an thusgates a lyfetyme passit. Ken, thai ettilt ti gae hame on page 6

1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
is fair mismakin. As the days passit an mair room opennt up, it fe on page 8

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
rved ti the Mowdiewort, as he passit it doun intil the boit. Than
ved eftir lik ae hauf our hed passit. “A’m gaun ti git a blak
2 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
wf. Hard efter the twa drunks passit on the steps hud gane anither on page 140

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
An aifter winter passit, Aud claimit laun bi Hvammsfo on page 14

2 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
t for hunners o year and been passit on by mony forefowk, doesnae on page 69

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
haurdlie a wurd o Scots haes passit the mou o onie CSP an nane ha on page 121

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
whaur we passit each ither by or tynt the bus on page 11

1 matches

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