Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'mawkit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

mawkit	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	3	10	7
ORK - Orkney
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	8.9	2	2
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	6.6	5	2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	27.9	2	2
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 mawkit 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.

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ither snappit. 'Jist keep yer mawkit mooth shut, will ye?' on page 31

1 matches

@annieones tweeted
ha gairden- a wis aibsolutely mawkit! (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
lly an aw the lads were sheer mawkit wi clairt. But seein as awbod on page 37

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
t o the snaw. It wis weet and mawkit, but ither than that, it wis on page 49
re! Ye're makkin ma chocolate mawkit!' on page 83

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
LISH. IT DICHTS AFF AW MINGIN MAWKIT MIDDENS AND LEAVES YER FLAIR on page 23

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
fae the mawkit yird o Flodden on page 70

1 matches

@changed_days tweeted
raves av went tae av ended up mawkit! Especially at the arches man (2021) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
dies, makkin watter clean fae mawkit, clear fae clarty, braw fae b on page 77

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
e, gonnae, loch, ben, thrawn, mawkit, napper, fit, haun, schuil, w(2020)