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The word 'toot'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tootOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.33316
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 48.7 11 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 3
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) 131.3 4 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of toot in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Cheust sit on thee toot and read thee book. on page 5
Ah'll toot me horn tae mak them jump afo on page 7

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Me sign copies? Toot awa on page 15

2 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
say's Dassen. So Dassen haul toot eis big Rocket een, looket at on page 47

1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
ide o ma heid, knockt me rich toot it did an att’s hoo I cam t
1 matches

Aberdeen

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
y abin fit a peer auld fuskie toot like masel deserves, bit naw! on page 98

1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
p, steam fustle blawin peepin toot toot tootin hootin howlin oot on page 10

2 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Toot toot, toot toot, aye! on page 103

8 matches

@Franwella tweeted
Root toot n am oot! night night x(2012)

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
ye've fairly tae be up at the toot. If ye dinnae hae yer waashin on page 3

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
acey aye n dinnae mess wae ma toot toot! (2021) twitter link

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'It'll be a laugh. Huv a wee toot tae get ye gawn.' Disco dips on page 31

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
: he cam trottin alang at the toot, mutterin awa tae himsel, "Oh on page 17
y the haun, it wis aff at the toot, athoot hingin on for the en on page 44

2 matches

General Central

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
e Willie Broon, get up at the toot on page 12

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Whuppity Stoorie, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
"Hoot toot!" The auld wummin said in a s
"Hoot toot," said the auld wummin. "That
"Hoot toot, keep yer hair oan." The auld
3 matches

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
@bwpublishing Aww she's a wee toot! What a bonny wee lassie. ??(2020)

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
. "I'm Popeye the Sailor man. Toot Toot." on page 14
tae be Popeye the sailor man! Toot toot!" on page 19

4 matches

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