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The word 'habit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
habitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus165330
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 95.6 9 2
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 2
LAL - General Central 26.3 20 9
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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) 36.3 2 1

Occurrences of habit in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
inna say onythin. Ye've a bad habit o bein ower honest an ye've t on page 57

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
aggin an moochin tae feed her habit.
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ae partake o their disgusting habit an eence they finished theyâ€
1 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
as if they aa hiv a 30 a day habit on page 19

1 matches

General Northern

Innes, Brian P. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
mornin, an I hiv an affa bad habit, I'm late for maist things. N on page 49

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Tales Fae The Doric Side - Pictur o Misery, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
she has unlearned aat habit on page 69

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ae the point they were in the habit o leavin it onywhere. In park
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Thochts o Speakin Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2001) Central, prose
yer heid. Juist git intae the habit o owersettin aw thae English
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
he wis wee, Ailsa had an awfa habit ae sleep-walkin. Maist weans
d grown oot ae her nicht-time habit.
2 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
he first place. It's a clarty habit. If every bairn had Superglue on page 28

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
aped a slice intae ma gub fae habit birra couldnae even taste rat
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
mans cry oniebuddie eftir the habit o tattooin. Tattooin his been on page 97

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
See, shiz formed a habit that needs on page 61
Wiv got a habit o talkin dead fest on page 115

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ace else. Ane o these wis the habit that a few o our kings had o on page 16
e learnin, they baith had the habit o quotin Latin at each anithe on page 26
y our Jamie had been makkin a habit o gangin tae the Longforgan F on page 30
'fit-likery' (the East Coast habit o uisin 'f' insteid o 'wh') t on page 75
ical bent an he developit the habit o singin contemporary songs t on page 91
Also on pages 109
6 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
wes a verra seilent buddie bi habit. Aw day he hantit the yoe, ir on page 4

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Hsien. I have an unfortunate habit of getting too friendly with
Chinese. Even here. I made a habit of cosying up to them - whic
2 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ediately understaun, an their habit ay makin thir feelings known on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
though, we’re creatures ay habit, Tam and I, an wae names like
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ns. Nae matter. Stories huv a habit ae careyin in the wind an fin
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
r he met Jennet an got in the habit o walkin her oot onytime he r on page 26

1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
got fae the deals tae feed ma habit an buy mair an mair comics! on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
back door, she thocht, oot o habit. The kindness in his face min on page 6

1 matches

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
ed words whiles frae yon same habit o haverin tae himsel he hud j on page 134

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
CTICE JOY \WRY DAY - GIT THE HABIT! on page

7 matches

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
-they just michtnae be in the habit o cryin it Scots. Speakers in on page 49

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
This clatty habit's boond tae send on page 114

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
d. "Growin's a clarty bairnie habit.' on page 4

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
'Though it micht become a habit, on page 52
Syne Teeger's bad habit on page 103

3 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
owk, that haed an unfortunate habit o wailin the side that tint i on page 9

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
insicht forby. It is Moffat's habit tae stairt oot ilka chaipter on page 110

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
uik La Pluralitié des mondes habités set furth in 1862 an in th
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
oose. She wis o a consumptive habit; an illness o the lungs bette
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
drap it lik a bad habit.
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ersation, sic is: Shei hed ae habit o makin the fallaen adage tae
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
. No that it became a regular habit, a’d like tae point oot. Bu
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
r tae pray, as he wus ïn tha habit o daein. on page 77
t o Olives, as he wus ïn tha habit o daein. An hïs follaers wen on page 107

2 matches

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