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The word 'skitit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
skititOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.51511
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 21 2 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 6
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 skitit in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
wi the bairn. The manse geets skitit in an oot the fock as eeswal. on page 27

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 57 - Mac, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Doric, prose
an ook or twa aifter, fin Mac skitit doon a tree himsel an rippit on page 27

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North East Central

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
fower it said on the car as I skitit an slithered ma wey doon a br
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(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
for completion o the wark has skitit several times......
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West Central

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Ower wur powes the Jovian skitit
1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
a bee skitit aff the surface. Glentin. on page 16

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Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
heed tae thaim even when some skitit aff her; an the babby wis yow on page 44

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ooves ootby as Billy's pownie skitit tae a stop on the ice o the c on page 76

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General Central

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
But Kat's fowerth shot skitit richt ootwi the planet's atmo on page 20

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
Coont Olaf skitit ower taewards the bairns sae on page 46

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
for fit, Trev scliddert or A skitit, an haiglin the ratton ower w on page 84

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Thoumire, Elizabeth Daein it yersel, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
get whit ye pey for.’ But I skitit ower that tae. I haed scanned
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
€“ an dinged it awa. The arra skitit aff an olive tree, an landed
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Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ns o his powney as its hooves skitit on the wat causey stanes o th
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@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
fir a gey lang while efter I skitit on the snaw twa year syne.(2020)

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