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The word 'pettit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pettitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4138
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of pettit in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
oon, Duncan, treatit's tull a pettit lip. on page 62

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
wis a wee kittlin. She wis a pettit craitur, he cudna hide that h
efuse her, clean connached an pettit an spylt as she wis bi him in
n hid them clean connached an pettit. It wisna unusual fur fowk ta
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
g time since the lassie'd bin pettit.
1 matches

General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
pit blithe an didnae hing the pettit lip. Wi oor gear stowed intae
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n slotchin alang - an hung a pettit lip. Sae quhan aal the Dugmen
n slotchin alang - an hung a pettit lip. Sae quhan aal the Dugmen
2 matches

Glasgow

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ess tae the paving flags like pettit lips. Here life’s lived tae
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
sters baith, the young weemin pettit an fussed ower the bairn gin on page 33
Janet paidled in the burn an pettit auld Jess, Isabel rowed up he on page 42

2 matches

General Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
h. She luftit the baudrons an pettit it.
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
hissel doon aside me, the wee pettit lip pokin oot, till eventuall
1 matches

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