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The word 'kit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
kitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.63226
ORK - Orkney 69.6 7 6
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 9.8 4 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 20.5 4 4
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 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) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of kit in Corpus

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Orkney

Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Hur neem wis Kit Huntlin - a widow on page 9

2 matches

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
e go home, tae git some ither kit. on page 82

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
They'll kit you oot wi brand new draars a on page 46

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
: "Wheesht!" The naem comes: "Kit!" "Thir nae a rule,' sheu mum on page 129

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Doon twaard the drum kit on page 6

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. New Lambs, Owld Stone, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
cott arrived tae assemble the kit. It gaed up in no time. These
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
Es mither cid hae been pittin Kit-e-Kat doon til him, an he wid on page 84

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
y cairried in their first aid kit intae the hole in my side the
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
n for the hairbour. Een had a kit bag on his shooder, the ither on page 38

1 matches

General Northern

@beast_afc tweeted
chemicals, look at the spill kit in yellow.(2020)

@Franwella tweeted
th gither we an #Aldi hamper kit ???? https://t.co/lueKsb5O73(2020)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
oggie Ye winna get yer Airfix kit fae e' Model shop further doo(2019)

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
open late the nicht an ye can kit yersel oot." on page 81

1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
useful and get the first aid kit.’ She stroked Ailsa’s hai
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
™m carefully examinin ma tool kit. Fae the rusty pair ae pliers
heid straight back fur ma DIY kit. Leavin this plastic gangster
2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
rsels haein tae buy the richt kit fer their sons an dochters on on page 123

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
be made. It wisnae cheap tae kit oot a ship tae gang whalin, b on page 32

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
she did hae a traivel shewin kit. She cud cloot up the warst t
el tae hersel, tendin til her kit, cleanin a rifle or polishin
2 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
flag instead an a fuckin drum kit an guitars an aw that. Dolly on page 3

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
e back wall. There's a bucket kit in the middle ae the table n on page 32

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
suitcasees, accordion, bag a' kit fir the festie. Efter aboot t on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
aff’s wan ay they new build kit hooses they fling up these da
1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
tube o glue ye got wi the kit tae haud aw the bits thegithe on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
bocht Rodrick his first drum kit. on page 30

1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
oan the Website at furst.Hame kit should be changed tae stripes(2020)

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
han A wur it Roberton Schuil, Kit Young an his
n til ‘um fur owre 50 yeir. Kit, the
2 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
enns up faur waur ner he wus kit afore. That's tha wye it'll b on page 9

1 matches

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