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The word 'ait'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
aitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus42.413812
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 29.4 9 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 44.3 10 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 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) 502.1 16 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 6095.4 69 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 65.7 2 2
GUL - General Ulster 295.2 21 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 109 6 1

Occurrences of ait in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
I'll jist ait soup an things that's saft on page 15

5 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
e aa thi gut's an liver's tae ait. Thi next problem eit we caim on page 20
eif a cood get oneythein tae ait, bit aw eit a cood see weis b on page 31
ntae thi broth mix, eit micht ait et. So we did aat an hung on on page 33
aakfist, appairintly yea cood ait eis mukkul eis yea winted, aw on page 41

4 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
stuff tae ait". So it wis tae be, the fower
tae ait. As he passed the Doocot he c
thocht tae be fat eneugh tae ait.
h, clean claes on, a bite tae ait Jonsar Eck felt a wee bit
ers stopped for something tae ait an,
5 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
the ward haein something tae ait. Ere's naething tull yon ata.
en I dinna ken fit a king wid ait for meals bit, I can assure
an that." Jonsar Eck hid jist ait a plate o mince
ait her share ana. Aye the twa o
Aye the twa o them jist over ait at this time o year. Of
5 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
thaim ait broth an het tatties keichene
ingans wi ait kake at Rosie gied him sen sh
2 matches

West Central

@annieones tweeted
it wis jist a fleetin glence ait some ane eilses tele. (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
o’t an finnd caller mait ti ait, an things tentles fowk hae d
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
he rules, Anywey, he'd let me ait in the front but it was only on page 76

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
moose, yae know. But dae cats ait bats, A wunner?" An here Alic on page 10
weeyins wha had got burnt, an ait up bae wile baists, an ither on page 13
wee cake in it, wi the wurds "AIT MAE" writ on it in currants. on page 14
The nixt thing wus tae ait the comfits. This caased a bi on page 29
seen hir efter burds! Shae'll ait a burd is shane is luk at it! on page 31
Also on pages 34, 40, 42, 51, 53
16 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
F fur flailin' aboot ait nicht, on page 13
Fae yer cast ait maist stay doon on page 14
Slave tha yin thut iwer seen ait on page 15
Bot sting ain tail ait nir ends on page 17
Reach fae name ait wull'nae cum, on page 21
Also on pages 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50
69 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
kep at his mither-inlaw wi an ait o uncertaintie. Grace deliver on page 45

1 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
A Ait tae Bilfawst cudnae skail, on page 28

1 matches

General Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne A Furst Readin Book in Ulster Scots, (Evertype 2011) Ulster, weans
“Wha 'll ait the bried?” The pig sed,
“Heth yae'll naw ait the bried.
A'll ait it.’ An shae et it.
wa frae the fox. A’m gantae ait yae.’ An that’s what hae
Hae wantet tae ait the grass.
19 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
ye the scunner: my dog wudnae ait them! (2017) twitter link
Carrickfergus hallions still ait Scotch folk gien the chaunce? (2015) twitter link

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ocht fer yer life, whut ye'll ait or whut ye'll drïnk; ner yit on page 7
s an buy thairsels a bite tae ait." Jesus saed, "The' dïnnae n on page 9

6 matches

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