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The word 'oota'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ootaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus18.46112
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 121 37 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 39.9 9 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
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) 232.6 4 2
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 oota in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
@helen_dennison wir OOTA here (2017) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
! Come on, lut's get the hell oota here," growled Morrice, shovi on page 8
it an affront ye are. Aat wis oota order." on page 9
a the weemin like it wis gaun oota fashion. His een sattled on J on page 10
ically as she wiggilt her wye oota her frock te reveal a wee ree on page 11
great shooer o sparks fleein oota his spaver. on page 15
Also on pages 16, 17, 19, 21, 25, 32, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 50, 51, 57, 60, 61, 62, 64, 66, 67, 68, 72, 77, 80, 81, 85
37 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
hewbacca coat that's straight oota Liberace's laft. on page 31

1 matches

Leslie, Dawn Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner, (no publisher recorded 2023) Doric, newspaper
uckle Christmas tree appearin oota naewye ae day on the Elphinst
1 matches

General Northern

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
PlayStation, an the dartboord oota the spare bedroom, "Ah'm gaun on page 92
s. Ah think his nose is a bit oota jynt." on page 93
ks a puckle o sookin sweeties oota his pooch an wi jist sit crun on page 94
uncied. Ah termintit the life oota her - pullin her ponytail an on page 95
line. Ah slide doon till Ah'm oota sicht. Fit wye can he nae gin on page 96

5 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ed up tae far she wis, ah wis oota braith.
1 matches

West Central

Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
t vain, but Ah'd bocht a perr oota Poundland and started wearin on page 102

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
pink halter neck tap yi goat oota Zig Zag last Saturday, said C on page 23
it turnt oot the sprouts were oota date on page 92
Marie an as an excuse tae get oota daein PE. on page 96
ae sugar that'd been knocked oota Home Ec. on page 130
, he said, Yi'd need tae take oota mortgage tae buy a can a coke on page 161
Also on pages 169
6 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
cans a hairspray an deodrint oota Tesco at lunshtiym an sellin on page 41

1 matches

General Central

Keaveney, Marcus Lallans 102 - Bein a Wid Tink, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
bolts anyweys. Ayebut naw wi oota wink! Ah deek tha pauchtie iv on page 71

1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
rson as taen it hud gone ther oota curiosity aifter hearin aboot

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
oota sight an forgot on page 14
"sookin deep jeg oota thumb heid gars prick-a-bane on page 30

2 matches

Dickey, William Yarns 3 - Annual General Report, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ballymena, prose
ather tryin tae wash rid japs oota her guid dress, there was gen
e usin oul paper fivers hoked oota the bak poakets o boiler suit
2 matches

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