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The word 'scrattit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
scrattitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.9163
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 49 15 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
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of scrattit in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s." The wifie's pincil scrat, scrattit oan a bittie paper. "J mean, on page 8
le at Maisie disna ken." Jock scrattit is heid. "Ah still canna beli on page 22
"Ye'r differint." He scrattit is heid. "Surely nae se sturd on page 28
vie wis shakkin is heid es he scrattit awa wi' *s pincil. on page 51
nts; curtins an blunkets an a scrattit aul sideboard wechtit doon wi on page 69
Also on pages 72
6 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Syne he thocht a whylie an scrattit his hide. on page 3

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ronnie grinned an scrattit doon, Ay, Fairly. An syne he on page 41

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
en oors they flew an pykit an scrattit at ane anither, till wi an al
lrogie fell inno the trap, an scrattit doon the magic wirds, Baith i
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
she hid seen the nicht afore. Scrattit on the back in a spidery scra
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
per gied them sugar lumps, an scrattit their nebs, an wheeplit wee t
flappit tac Hallierackit, fa scrattit his neep-heid an thocht rale
aff back tae Hallierackit, fa scrattit his head till the wirms fell
ennie rochled her feathers an scrattit the fleer wi her cleuks. “T
4 matches

General Northern

Wheeler, Leslie Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, weans
He hrumphed as he havered an scrattit his heid on page 25

1 matches

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