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The word 'mot'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
motOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7129
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 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)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 56.2 4 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of mot in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
trap and hid failed hids last MOT. on page 41

1 matches

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
e age as mysel' for £70, nae MoT! Foo mony cars lest seventeen on page 29

1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
whitlik wes the “mot juste” in sicna soshwal sit
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
Mikeydfc She wouldnae pass an MOT bud.(2020)

General Central

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
is the endless search for le mot juste. In the maist extreme c
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
that's the jalopy passed it's MOT.. And let me tell ye's, it's (2023) twitter link
et washed on Monday, got it's MOT on Tuesday... ?? (2023) twitter link

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ruggling a bittie tae fin the mot juste in terms o antrin, oori(2020)

General Ulster

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
ik on tae tha brake o her oul motòr, a Morris Minor, an taen a
mak cartain thar wusnae onie motòrs ahint thaim.
twa, A wull lat ye hurl in ma motòr tae tha mids o Bilfawst an
3 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
@TheFarrierPhil Do ye hae an MOT for thon baist ye're on in ye (2018) twitter link

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