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The word 'doobt'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
doobtOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8269
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 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 31 7 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 49.9 4 2
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) 358.6 7 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 56.2 4 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of doobt in Corpus

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
eeen spewin on da pavement. I doobt I prefer my country hom, even(2013)

Mid Northern B

Harvey, Lewis Crash, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
ere wis ane pint hurryin. Nes doobt a wid be in trouble wi the he
1 matches

Aberdeen

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
a'ein fun withoot a Care, nae doobt
1 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
whammy, although it will nae doobt work up a thirst fer the bar (2016)
o' a wak up the beach bit nae doobt be full of bikes n prams. May(2017)
on the broad hill. Wobbly nae doobt ??(2017)
whiskeys will heat ma up nae doobt ??(2018)
se maist folk were pished nae doobt! ?? https://t.co/xBMQf7suqL(2018)
and 2 other occurrences.

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
Weel nae yin cuin doobt Ah actit in somthin o a brees on page 32

1 matches

South East (Borders)

The Westender Ins and oots, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
an nane o' oo er perfect. Nae doobt some folk whae arrive wunnae
1 matches

The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
a pin. Health and safety nae doobt. Bit never heed aboot that. I
1 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
. lowest o’ the lowest!! Nae doobt! ?? https://t.co/KCQVuXJpAX(2020)
@socialistsunday Nae doobt! (2020) twitter link

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Has been cast on tha gadget A doobt. on page 11
Says A tae mysel, A doobt on page 22
A doobt their likes would tak nae hee on page 27

3 matches

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
unks in the 20th century. Nae doobt mony are fameeliar tae Scotch
ches for tae redd it oot. Nae doobt mony's a cratur had the tongu
e Irish language. There's nae doobt that a wheen o politicians wh
mind as wean has tholed. Nae doobt there'll aye be connections a
4 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
an bein a Bushmills man, nae doobt @norman_parke taaks a bit o t (2014) twitter link
in the 1790s. Rare crack nae doobt. (2015) twitter link
@_not_perfect_1 Nae doobt the experts sic as yersel ken (2014) twitter link
a borrowin fae the Erse: nae doobt there's a wheen o them in Sco (2014) twitter link