A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'bitts'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bittsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1103
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
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 11.9 9 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 bitts 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.

General Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
uld grey warkin claes but nae bitts, jist grey socks on his feet. on page 6

2 matches

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
on a white claith. His bitts skited awa frae him and he on page 18

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
that wis the colour o tackety bitts. on page 45

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
proof bunnet, his watterproof bitts, and his watterproof jaiket a on page 11

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
the three men and intae their bitts. on page 81

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
the trauchle o bitts on page 13
bitts flingin, breengin in on page 16

2 matches

South East (Borders)

@officialAliRed tweeted
ckle ice cream, a fun time at Bitts Park, and a lovely meal at on(2019)