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The word 'boit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
boitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.4111
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 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 56.3 9 1
GLA - Glasgow
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 boit in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
boit atwein Grangemouth an Tantall
buccar. It wes a twene howed boit o the maist modren mak. The
2 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
kkil bits o the jurnay wes bi boit oniegates. Barbar fair enjose on page 43
ther wey. Barbar biggit a bit boit sae at he cuid gang owre ti i on page 44

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
htsumlie stauppit intil a wie boit at the Mowdiewort hedna obsai
ie sated i the starn o a rale boit.
e ken, A hae nivver bene in a boit afoir i aw ma lyfe.”
hairmin munts, an feillit the boit swey lichtlie unner him.
It wes owre ahinhaun. The boit strak the bank fu raik. The d
7 matches

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