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Use in varieties of Scots

quit Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.1 9.8 6 9.9 0 0 22.1
Number of occurrences2919 4 1 0 0 5
Number of authors20 10 4 1 5

Occurrences of quit 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

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - Joco Geordie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
rs wad be honours eneugh. Tae quit this life sae weel thocht o a on page 10

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 82 - Ae Legend o Sanct Benedict, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
'I'll need help ti be quit o this. on page 52

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
The wee prince wisna like tae quit a speirin efter he had speire on page 28
ince minded him, for he didna quit a speirin efter he had speire on page 40
tit the wee prince, wha didna quit a speirin efter he had speire on page 46

3 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Quit the country bag and baggage! on page 45

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
on the haill notion O gettin quit o the madness o nuclear 'dete on page 129

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
tae stand it an wuid hae tae quit the place. In fact they were on page 97
er (it still is) it wis never quit the same withoot Sweaty Betty on page 102

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
s said if one of us wanted to quit then that'd be tt game's a bo on page 169

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Nearly jined the Airmy tae quit the mine. on page 83
ller eneuch tae allou him tae quit his joab an move tae the outs on page 101

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Nou sheep hae quit the Royal Pairk. on page 36
weel tae his ploys if he wad quit on page 45

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
s weel ti his ploys if he wad quit on page 60

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
D'ye quit the muin-din ceity o delicht? on page 34

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
nly ask ye, when the rest hae quit,
1 matches

@rattlecans tweeted
s if Scottish politicians had quit using English ports tae save (2022) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Jist quit the jokes, wull ye, an leave on page 68

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
An so I quit bein a fire mannie on page 190

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
t for my wycins, Id hae said 'Quit at seiven'-but it's ower late on page 80

1 matches

@glenlivetloon tweeted
ses me off.. ppl who say will quit Scot if a #yes vote. Awa ye g(2014) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
He says if I dinna quit hid, then wir runs are at an on page 7

1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Hae a look at yersel an quit on page 58

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Jasus quit thaim pairts an cum tae tha l on page 9

1 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
itin an encouragement A'd hae quit lang ago. Tracey Smale taaked on page 1

1 matches

Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
I hae nae notion tae quit, for I'm naw joost dane yit,
1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
eky talk" as weel owre here: "Quit yer slabberin or I'll gie you (2015) twitter link

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