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The word 'aboots'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
abootsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus62018
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 56.9 2 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of aboots in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Come in-aboots yit though, on page 3

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
Oh I don't ken that een. Whar aboots is hid? Spent many happy days(2020)
speeder though. Mibbe no here aboots. Thanks for yin list, a'll ha(2020)

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
aboots. on page 99

1 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
reer Dirs plenty tae see here aboots. Dus no needin tae go far awa (2018) twitter link

General Northern

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
piece up until 1984 or there aboots.(2020)

(South) East Central

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
istress McLeod wha bided near aboots, fed and gied her shelter. Fr on page 1

1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
tae get onywhaur near aboots the tap on page 37

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Where aboots ur ye fae anywaiy?’ he sais
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
e's a muckle mustartmine here-aboots. An the moral o that is-'"The on page 44

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
m the Christian Cairrier here-aboots - he wis a man o courage, an on page 41

1 matches

General Central

Sulhunt, Miriam Lallans 90 - Rapunzel, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
an naur aboots on page 33

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
toves in the lift abuin. Here aboots a body can follae the fitstap on page 65

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Sangster, Maureen Lallans 73 - Stars, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
hree weemen at the table naur aboots on page 56

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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
re o the group includin whaur aboots hit is steidit in the public
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South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
lass frae Lanarkshire or thar aboots, an Yid Nichol o The Haugh te
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
but really, how are you?) Far aboots? (whereabout(2020)

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
roon. There was naebody near aboots. Ah was houlin Jenny’s han
1 matches

General Ulster

Adams, Rab Yarns 3 - A Ghost Story, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ulster, prose
r seventeen, eighteen or thar aboots, an drivin, but drivin crap k
1 matches

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
aiph fones Polis, askin where aboots wuz tha white powdir stuff??? (2021) twitter link

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