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The word 'nits'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nitsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.9237
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 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 79.9 18 4
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of nits in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
Fleeches nits aff beech trees; knar-holes s on page 58

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Folk'! think ye're lowpin wi nits.' on page 31

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Colin Kellerman's got nits. Evrubdy in oor class is sayi on page 169

8 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
Colin Cantwell’s got nits. Evrubdy in oor class is sayi
es it hard tae see aw the wee nits walkin aboot; yi no thir ther
hink Cantsmell really has got nits. Dis a tinker’s dug huv fle
. Ah said, Aye but ah thought nits only ever went tae clean hair
ight man, she said, It’s no nits he’s goat it’s mobile dan
8 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
nly ‘hing a huv'nae gote is nits They cannae cut it oan a bald
1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
sang tae hert ithin a few mínits. And syne, efter twa-three pr
For the first few mínits the bease could haurdly trew
2 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Fleeches nits aff beech trees; knar-holes s on page 74

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Tha Rhymers coins an nits, on page 10

1 matches

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