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The word 'checkoot'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
checkootOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.1206
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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 32.2 7 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.6 11 2
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 checkoot in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
an at wis been afore me at da checkoot wis waitin ta spaek. on page 44

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
beans yae kin scan at a busy checkoot at Asda before yae start aski on page 87

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Somerfield Checkoot Coonter #2 on page 220

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Somerfield Checkoot Coonter #1 on page 59
Et the Somerfield Checkoot Coonter. on page 60
Somerfield Checkoot Coonter #2 on page 147

5 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
nd fowk wi disabeilities, and checkoot lassies and refugees Holyrood
1 matches

General Central

@iainnicol tweeted
Whit aboot thae self service checkoot screens? Is there a guid solu(2020)

@raiphsays tweeted
tae 30/8/20! Hit redeem afor checkoot! :D https://t.co/KRAZkmR1cd h(2020)
get 15% aff! Hit redeem afor checkoot! :D https://t.co/ytRi2KOxO1(2020)
ven stickers! Hit redeem afor checkoot! :D https://t.co/8kjjVSGO71 h(2020)
Stil 15% aff! hit redeem afor checkoot! Yasssss! Tumshie! :D https:/(2020)
aff aw hings! Hit redeem afor checkoot! :D https://t.co/ytRi2KOxO1(2020)
and 5 other occurrences.