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The word 'skitter'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
skitterOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.11712
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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) 71.4 2 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of skitter in Corpus

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Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Khaki hot pants that luk like skitter on page 98

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
8 gied me rampant spoween and skitter ????(2020)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ans. "Sinburn, praan pysonin, skitter like caffies' scoor an - " on page 6

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
. "Jist a wee pilie o stew te skitter an nae steen te keep up." on page 14

1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@Manuforti1968 Fa will he skitter on neist?(2019)

General Northern

@glenlivetloon tweeted
ithin war an a richt dose o i skitter.(2014)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ent @DoricPhrases nae seein' "skitter; Doric; tae skitter" e.g, "oh(2019)
isnae mean muckle fin ye've e skitter. Ony hing'll dae.(2020)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
s that y ...' Cross the road, skitter doon the canal bank. Find me on page 1

1 matches

West Central

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
Skitter.
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Skitter an slitter, tails high, on page 163

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
carred fur tha nixt thing tha skitter flew oot 0 it an ivver tha st
tha hail place is covered in skitter, an aa you can say is ye want
2 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

@Angelinekking tweeted
@TheFarrierPhil I'm more of a skitter than a hallion in all fairnes(2020)

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
2 Does that mean I cannae use skitter ony mair in my Ulster Scots? (2015) twitter link