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The word 'puts'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
putsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.42815
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 76.9 15 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 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 puts in Corpus

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Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
e Frisian dialect’ which ‘puts so many obstacles in the way
1 matches

South Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caw, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric - Stonehaven, prose
astard he picks up the axe an puts it atween the big fella’s s
1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
the wye we want tae play aye puts the onus on the team tae make (2022) twitter link

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Fauldin it awfy carefully, he puts it in his breist pocket an pa on page 1

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
An puts me tae the test.
1 matches

West Central

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
jist to save i hassle bit at puts me in i bad books. Her wardro
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
s an’ wur bluid, an’ that puts the breaks oan the deeper lev
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
shi puts is rite, on page 68
Wastin awah as ei puts on page 76

3 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
side from him. And see how he puts you between himself and the f
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
say tae e Dolly. Aye, noo she puts her phone doon. Noo that mah on page 6
- Paco, Disco an ahm Mo.' He puts his hawn oot fur me tae © sh on page 10
Div puts his hawn up. He dis look the on page 11
He puts everyhin he's goat intae beat on page 12
He puts his hawn up fur me. Mah airm' on page 14

5 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Whan a wummin puts oer her pouer, wiceheid on page 37

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
Eh puts eez foot oan the pedal wi the on page 3

3 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
ts oan an aw that. The driver puts her windae doon an she's lik. on page 176

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
€˜Sound ma man,’ he sais an puts a fag tae his mooth, ‘gies
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
stic aboot it.’ ah sais. He puts a finger up tae his mooth. â€
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
go in, ben the kitchen an he puts the kettle oan. The place is
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
just stares oot the windae an puts his haun up, dismissin me.
faces twisted wae rage but he puts his airms oot, haudin them ba
2 matches

General Central

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
door opens an ma grampa Lalor puts es heid through. on page 45

1 matches

@rattlecans tweeted
he said whit he thought which puts him miles ahead afore he'd ev (2022) twitter link

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