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The word 'flits'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
flitsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3108
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
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 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
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) 262.3 4 2
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 flits in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
ofile o Scots. Welsh TV drama flits perfectly naturally atween su
1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
cadian fae hir tung whan sheu flits tae Edinburgh fir ert skeul,
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
howp but nae flittin no, nae flits at aw. on page 153

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
finds the Hootelry and Hoolet Flits tae it on page 137

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
r millions o year thir plates flits an chenges the wey the contin
1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ium, as the focus o attention flits frae the bucolic and rustic,
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
as sherp flits her passin throu aunts dotin on page 26
'Twixt stool an tap he deftly flits, Gleg an canny wi simpler wit on page 59

2 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Yer fashion flits sae awful soon, on page 19
It flits, an change bot alwyes hurtin. on page 30

2 matches

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