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The word 'knit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
knitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.11715
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 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 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 56.9 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of knit in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
an the cobwebs knit on page 7

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
I sit here at the window an knit on page 103

2 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Ye kin knit a semmit at oor fireplace, on page 135

1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
@shunad PS .... I did knit th VW camper cushion tho ....(2020)

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
e, altho' Ah like tae sit an' knit, it's no jist fur the pleesur on page 5

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
due in August an could ma ma knit her sume wee cardigans, Ma ma on page 58

1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
as the Fife kye, an they can knit stockins wi their horns!" The on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
he showed the lassies how tae knit. In, over, through, off an we on page 120

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Wir we that young!, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
thay twists an turns that wid knit us on page 48

1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
onds o luve and jealousy that knit aw the weemin in the faimly t
1 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
l tale tit, yer granny cannae knit, yer guan tae jail, with a wh(2020)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
e the House o Bruar ... I can knit ye a guid Fairisle Sweater ..(2020)

@billykayscot tweeted
tale tit, ye’re mammy cannae knit, yer daddy cannae go tae bed (2020)

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
up the needles an stertit tae knit tae clothe her bairn, till th on page 61

1 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
irt tae get fit, or learn tae knit, on page 15
Did yer grannie knit ye a gansie? on page 44

2 matches

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