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The word 'veesitor'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
veesitorOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.82215
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 54.7 5 2
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
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 veesitor in Corpus

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Orkney

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
fireside o' a evenin wae ony veesitor comin in an feel contented ya
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ak him fur granted, till some veesitor staands listenin, enraptured. on page 92

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
l," leuch Sandy, uncorkin his veesitor's bottle an fullin their glai on page 29

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
her frock. Minnie Bruce hid a veesitor.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
wis weel accustomed tae this veesitor frae Sector Sax.
eel pleased tae be telt o the veesitor. He ordered the nurse tae let
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
spaceman ower. Bit ae day a veesitor DID cam tae Plong. He cam fur
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
ff to waarm up some soup. His veesitor haed belly-rive fae aetin ber on page 30

2 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
o kirks are somethin that ony veesitor tae the city has tae see, rel on page 9

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
hey micht hae been. An antrin veesitor wad surely caa in by, aat wad on page 25

2 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Leevin or deid. I had nae veesitor there on page 42

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
wad soond tae an inqueesitive veesitor tae Scotland?
1 matches

West Central

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
The veesitor didnae cangle or dring
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
actual culture, deprives the veesitor o authentic experience an con on page 90

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
bluid an iris scans duin. The veesitor gied her a descreeption o the
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
perchance they had a walcome veesitor, Sandy Peden in fine fettle. on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
r til her chaumer an gied her veesitor scowth tae pass, sayin: } on page 137

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
explain,' said Doug. 'Kat's a veesitor fae the Milky Wey, an I'm...' on page 15

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ae laddie A wur ae raigler veesitor it Philhope. Ay, A suppone Ro
rs. Scott, whae wis a raigler veesitor tae Roberton
2 matches

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