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The word '-bit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
-bitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus0.621
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
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 -bit 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.

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
guy tae the tap o the bonfire-bit
1 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
pedant!) an mebbe, tae, a wee-bit mair Scots in the text. (Bets on page 126

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
pedant!) an mebbe, tae, a wee-bit mair Scots in the text. (Bets
1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
and the wee-bit cratur skippit awa.
1 matches

General Northern

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
I think, even jeest for a wee-bit time, mebbe it’s true.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Il bet ye had some fancy-bit Hidden under yer seat!' on page 19
wine-baurs, Enjoyed their wee-bit game: on page 22
A wee-bit wumman she was, Puffing Irish on page 54

3 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ty thousan feet whan the drill-bit broke. on page 48

1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie O pigs and dugs: what for dae we treat them sae different?, (Mak Forrit 2024) Central - Edinburgh, blog
fillt faem or electricity as a-bit-less-awfie weys o ‘stunninâ
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
abody flew til his ain sleepin-bit. The birds jimpit ontae their
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
hat's aboot the right distance-bit ah wunner whit Latitude or Lo on page 9
ver went doon that rabbit hole-bit then-bit then-it's awfy strin on page 35
ow-never tae be an auld wumman-bit then-ayeweys tae hiv lessons on page 36
r me, thanks ; ah'm better noo-bit ah'm that up tae high-doh ah on page 39

5 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
e noise-ye-mak-afore-stertin-a-bit-o-poetry, but it's some kind on page 18

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Gibson, Darren Oul money, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
reepence caa’ed a thruppenny-bit. Noo we’r doon tae a penny,
1 matches

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