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The word 'bitin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bitinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.82617
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 25.1 5 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.1 10 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
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)
GUL - General Ulster 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bitin in Corpus

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Shetland

Sinclair, James Murmansk, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Shetland, poetry
you whole an da snaa an frost bitin itll your banes.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
l bi up aa nicht," mockit Vi, bitin her boddom lip as her neebour on page 29

1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
ackin on, heids doon agin the bitin win, makkin for the hairbour. on page 38

1 matches

General Northern

Innes, Brian P. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
d the peacock aff. Aabody wis bitin their lip, shooglin aboot, co on page 51

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Sultry, midges bitin, against the grain.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A'm no fur bitin ye, ma dear.
1 matches

Gilmour, Rosie Haimster Pairty, (Scots Hoose 2016) Central, weans
She wis bitin the cage tryin tae git oot
Scurryin the washin an bitin claes pegs
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
anagan97 thats no u n ur pals bitin m8 lol (2020) twitter link

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
t!" Alice snapped, jist aboot bitin his heid aff; "The bare-faced on page 67

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ost sittin starin intae space bitin her nails, Cin tell she's no on page 29

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Bitin their ain tail again, on page 105

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
fightin its waiy through the bitin winter wind until it finally
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
t whit wis gaun on, wis anely bitin things in an hauf-hertit kind on page 12
looked doon at Sunny, wha wis bitin doon on a fork and listenin, on page 15
a thochtie look on her face, bitin aw o Edgar and Albert's shoes on page 17
fleggit even tae think aboot bitin the haund that held her. on page 46
chtie and cut intae her skin. Bitin doon on her haund tae keep he on page 120
Also on pages 125
6 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
tland, her history an people; bitin insichtfu wut an coruscating on page 133

1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
D thon man wis provoked intae bitin that dug !!!! Quality reports (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
auld Scots saw: “Scartin an bitin is Scots folk’s wooin”. #in(2020)
ee brek fae aw yer scartin an bitin, an mind yersels o whit we’r(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
Agin the bitin win
1 matches

General Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne A Furst Readin Book in Ulster Scots, (Evertype 2011) Ulster, weans
The doag sed, ‘All naw bae bitin the pig”
1 matches

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