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The word 'veesitors'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
veesitorsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.75115
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 68.7 21 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 153.1 14 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 15.9 12 7
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 veesitors in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Simmer veesitors c 1950S on page 68

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
it cud easy say nae cairds or veesitors." Jock gaithered aa the crumb on page 24

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t like himsel.' Aat's fit the veesitors hid said fin they cam in by t on page 22
Vi's gaze follaed her veesitors throwe inte the livin-room: G on page 27
ppit the sherry bottle - her veesitors hid jist gotten here an Sandy on page 28
ist putten up - the sign her veesitors war bound te hiv seen - the on page 30
te keep a stracht face as her veesitors teen their leave. on page 33
Also on pages 63, 66, 82
9 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s affa freenly - hid a lot o veesitors, iv ye git ma meenin. The wif on page 23

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
tle o fusky that he keeps fur veesitors, because she's clean daft on
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
fur enterteenin international veesitors wi a 'whiff o the true Scotia
n ava, fur fear o wearyin the veesitors ––
ae bide bi himsel withoot ony veesitors. Brian hid gien him films o G
he ither haun, hid nae want o veesitors – His wife Jenny, his loon
patient wis far ower ill fur veesitors. As the lassie passed her, sh
5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
he door, I’m ower dowie fur veesitors.” Bit syne, the haunle turn
an Angus the Adder likit the veesitors fa bedd in the caravan,
them. Veesitors frae ither planets flyer gaed
3 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
ust @scotsradiomedia 'fish an veesitors stink efter three days' (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
hairmless ameesement tae the veesitors. on page 55

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
d aboot avoidin the boorach o veesitors, ye coud ettle tae veesit Val on page 4
o watter a second at 200km/h! Veesitors can wak richt up tae the foun on page 5
arth an Christianity. Inside, veesitors can pey tae view the 'Book of on page 7
The Jameson Distillery offers veesitors a chyce o daein a whisky tast on page 8
. Aire is also the option for veesitors tae tour the Harpa an see bit on page 11
Also on pages 13, 15, 16, 17, 18
12 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 57 - Mac, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Doric, prose
y tae be awa, sae, like idder veesitors afore him, first he bade for on page 27

1 matches

General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ta Ward 6 jist whin aw the veesitors wur incommin, sic thit whin A
tain in thare wur mair veesitors nar seeck fowk. A jist settle
2 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
tae the follaein kinna fowk. Veesitors tae Scotland wi an intrest in
1 matches

General Central

Donaldson, Gordon Lallans 82 - Belike a Mishanter, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
mair nor a century afore, an veesitors til the ceety were aye brocht on page 29

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ike aw the ithers, wi excitit veesitors when oor reporter arrived, bu on page 39
at flappin ahint him, and the veesitors aw hurried efter him. on page 71
back across the river at the veesitors. Ane o them pointit towards t on page 78
eir oars and gawped up at the veesitors. Then suddently, for some rea on page 93

4 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
hat wis flashin the message, 'Veesitors, please keep aff the gress'. on page 8

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ird an this is whit wey human veesitors didna jist walk but lowpit ow
1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
es, the lounge, whan thai gat veesitors.
1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
o at aw. For some steids, the veesitors bid awa, an wi thaim ony ower
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
Are the veesitors in the nicht ootrels come til
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
the gyang naeweys an hae nae veesitors rules*, forbye raither bitter(2020)
aws dinna expect services nor veesitors(2020)

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