Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'skite'

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Use in varieties of Scots

skite	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	13.6	45	31
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	19.6	6	5
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	31.5	3	2
DOR - General Northern	22.2	5	5
NEC - North East Central	91.7	2	1
SEC - (South) East Central	5.2	2	1
WCE - West Central	13.3	3	2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	5	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	14.4	11	8
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	55.8	4	2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)	163.5	1	1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)	58.1	1	1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)	107.1	3	1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster	56.9	2	2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of skite 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.

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
n satisfy efter a night on da skite(2013)

Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
ve, as she seemed tae loup an skite ower the thistles at high spe on page 84

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ter wis he But he startit tae skite - gid doon wi a clyte on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Bit ye ken fit ye'r like wi a skite in - ye git cyard an aa defi on page 29

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
naa plooed roads, wi the bare skite o tarmac settin wheels a-birl
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
eese ma posh vice, bit ah let skite a curn #Doric words - can ye(2018)
meone an wish aat ye cwid jis skite a pair o these in yer lug an (2020)

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
The scurries skite. on page 26

1 matches

Strachan, Shane The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - An Eggs-traordinar Egg, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ed wi delicht fan she saa him skite abeen the watter, sae bonnie on page 27

1 matches

The Flying Pigs There’s nae reassurance over national insurance, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
and the climate a’ gan tae skite , it is even mair important fo
1 matches

General Northern

Strachan, Shane Tales Fae The Doric Side - Doric Dwams, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
The scurries skite. on page 30

1 matches

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Iss place isnae big enuch for the baith o us , (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
or skite on hings aa nivver pit awa, on page 78

1 matches

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - Oor Grun, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
fur the win fusslin past, the skite o rain dirlin aff its coat, on page 88

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
clim doon the path an mibbie skite aff an faw. Oo
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@73Bain @untappd On the skite the nicht min(2020)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
body can kill that yin. Arras skite aff him. Swords jist tickle h on page 6
wis that gleg and fast it wid skite awa in the blink o an ee. The on page 15

2 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
skite chitters up ma airm.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Cleek airms an skite wi glee -
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
rm, heezed the hapless laddie skite oot his seat and held him hig on page 142

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Granny’s Skite
Ma Granny’s gote a helluva skite Wi’ the left ur wi’ the r
2 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
And skite aff the midden and sherrick o on page 97

1 matches

General Central

Aitchison, Craig nobody remembers the birdman - Fishin the Mairch, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
wark''s wirries. Slicht skite ae soles on roond, on page 1

1 matches

Swan, Michael Lallans 102 - Mebbi Ah Spak Owre Suin, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
is gey manky, an the muisic's skite, forbye." on page 96

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
"The lift's gaun clean skite!' shouted Granda Jock. on page 164

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
'Are ye shair ye didna skite>' spiered Rabbit wicely. on page 95

2 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
and daiver that scabby-heidit skite! skraiked Boggin. on page 9

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
the wan she'd been aboot tae skite as faur as-she could. She had on page 6
otie wid rip, or the hook wid skite, and Violet wid tak a heider on page 121

2 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
t stranger. Carlin (carline), skite an til, dialect wirds seen ta
1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
ers o wormholes meet there an skite aff tae different pairts o th
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
�re no a hero, laddie: jist a skite .
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
rush aye skite an more aye mair. on page 15
birl, skite, flee not come on page 58
Red Kites everywhaur oan the skite, on page 71

3 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
As A skite up and doon, A’ve got Where
1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Ivery time Ah' gae a skite. on page 5

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Yarns 3 - Brae / Sheugh / Cannae / Piece, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ballymena, poetry
Skite doon tha brae
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
But tha thick glaur garred me skite: on page 16
tha oul yirth birls an years skite, skelpin by on page 39

2 matches

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
uare an wee, like ye near cud skite stanes owre.
1 matches

General Ulster

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
She gein them aa a skite on page 22

1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
dmouth Mind your tyres dinnae skite the day! (2015) twitter link