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The word 'avoidit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
avoiditOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.485
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
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 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 24.8 4 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 avoidit in Corpus

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General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
He aye avoidit beerials fan he could on page 41

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
s an yelps. Thairineftir they avoidit wars, on page 120

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
nments, cin be faur mair easy avoidit. Compare thon wi the faceless on page 29

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Mrs Bose avoidit the Pandit’s ee. “If you
rm in a month!” The guairds avoidit leukin at him, bit he saw the
, pairtyin roon bonfires. She avoidit Bill, wha wis lauchin an cair
her an blew on her cheek. She avoidit ony reaction, an leukit awa i
4 matches

General Central

@billykayscot tweeted
ay, sae chocolate haes tae be avoidit at aw costs. Sound affie guid(2020)