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The word 'stoater'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
stoaterOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72811
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 30.7 12 1
WCE - West Central 27.6 6 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 12 9 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 stoater 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.

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
U @DavidMcIntosh93 this was a stoater guys - mon the t - njoy ur (2020) twitter link
ife n that sauchie fixtures a stoater (2020) twitter link
sense lol - the sfa picked a stoater there likes - a hud tae swit (2020) twitter link
A8375 remember this - what a stoater fae the big man! (2021) twitter link
hats the one - what a feckin stoater - what an icon diego wis (2020) twitter link
and 7 other occurrences.

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
he said, 'yer faither's had a stoater o a day. He's a sicht richer on page 44
ime till she spotted a muckle stoater. Then, usin her schuil bunnet on page 131
fry eggs and bacon on them! A stoater o a book, thon, But ah'll bet on page 150

3 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Stoater ay a sunny day
It wis a stoater e' a sunny day An’ a’ the
2 matches

@annieones tweeted
nniesaurus Smashin! Yer a wee stoater, weil dun lassie. Hurs tae a (2021) twitter link

Glasgow

Smith, Elaine C. The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Totally Princessy Princess, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central - Glasgow, weans
oot that this Princess wis a stoater even though she wis wringin w on page 10

1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
,' wheedlit Wullie, 'mak it a stoater | yi no?' on page 14

3 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
So here's a wee stoater o' an idea fur ye. How aboot on page

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
But then I come oot wi this stoater o and idea for a gemme. Whit on page 33

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
"Jings! Thon must be wan stoater o a tindel-box!" the sodger t on page 35

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
here buid tae be juist the ae stoater dominatin the mercat. Staunda on page 56

1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Gentlemen of the road, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Ocht, hen – yer a stoater!
1 matches

@fairpechtoot tweeted
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