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The word 'exit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
exitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.93313
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.5 6 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 31 5 2
GLA - Glasgow 40.2 8 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 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 exit 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.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
said Morrice, makkin a swift exit. on page 41

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Oooo, it's time fir wir gran exit!" scraiched the deludey Dolly on page 62

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
drapped frae a door merked “Exit” onno the meen itsel, Aa th
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ket an suddenly staun aat the exit fin foggin ma wye oot an http(2015)

General Northern

@beast_afc tweeted
has been given permission tae exit @AberdeenFC #standfree awh th(2020)
words I kent. Permission tae exit(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ore the guy could make a hasy exit ah decided tae take an intere on page 44
ough time tae make his speedy exit. Ootae this house ae horrors, on page 45
calculatin that if we didnae exit sharpish then she'd soon be b on page 68
back at me as he made a hasty exit oot ae the pub withoot mutter on page 100

4 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
e fur me tae scrabble fur the exit. An unresponsive and comatose
ed excuse fur us tae make oor exit, sharpish.
2 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
E' replaced bi 'HERE WE UR', 'EXIT' replaced bi 'OOT' - that wi
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
parents had negotiatit thair exit. She roused hersel. Purridge
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
e turn the corner taewrds the exit. An unmissable soond ae wumen
in behind me and make a hasty exit ootae there.
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
’m up and lead thum tae the exit. Jist as their leavin ah deci
As ah exit the surgery ah feel like a re
2 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
er, he says and makes a sharp exit. on page 30
es n A bail oot the emergency exit. Broonie n Addison ir trailin on page 44
in doon the path, blockin our exit. on page 47

3 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
ucks under the archway ae the exit and disappears. In ma limited on page 27

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
he relief floods ayr me as we exit the stage, an I cin see the on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ah walk straight intae as ah exit the lane. ‘Here, check this
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
gs the question: Whit’s the exit strategy, eh? Whit ur ye gona
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
nal that gies us a look as we exit the booth. McDade deflects hi
1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
d an shield her een. The holo-exit wis in the middle o a busy to on page 8

3 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
(Exit Bothwell, Douglas, Balfour, a on page 17
(Exit Jean Stewart.) on page 35

3 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
sae we’ll jist tak the nixt exit on the richt . . . Here!’
1 matches

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