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Use in varieties of Scots

mot Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.2 3 1.5 9.9 0 0 23.2
Number of occurrences146 1 1 0 0 6
Number of authors10 5 1 1 3

Occurrences of mot 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.

Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
whitlik wes the “mot juste” in sicna soshwal sit
1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
is the endless search for le mot juste. In the maist extreme c
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
Mikeydfc She wouldnae pass an MOT bud.(2020) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
that's the jalopy passed it's MOT.. And let me tell ye's, it's (2023) twitter link
et washed on Monday, got it's MOT on Tuesday... ?? (2023) twitter link

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ruggling a bittie tae fin the mot juste in terms o antrin, oori(2020) search twitter

Doric

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
e age as mysel' for £70, nae MoT! Foo mony cars lest seventeen on page 29

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
trap and hid failed hids last MOT. on page 41

1 matches

Ulster

North South Ministerial Council Twa Thoosan an Six - Twalmond Fynnin, (Ullans Speakers Association 2007) Ulster, government
80m heich stannèrt twa-lane motòrgate, lippent fur apenin in on page 3

2 matches

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
ik on tae tha brake o her oul motòr, a Morris Minor, an taen a
mak cartain thar wusnae onie motòrs ahint thaim.
twa, A wull lat ye hurl in ma motòr tae tha mids o Bilfawst an
3 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
@TheFarrierPhil Do ye hae an MOT for thon baist ye're on in ye (2018) twitter link

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