A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

drop Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12 11.7 4.8 69.6 11.6 10.9 8.8
Number of occurrences3722 3 7 2 1 2
Number of authors25 15 3 3 2 1 1

Occurrences of drop in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
e God, Treeze, Ill no touch a drop fae noo oan. Gaunae be a dad. on page 1

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
understaun why she'd want tae drop her best subject. on page 169

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Isa's bag, eftir dark, he wid drop it in the river, doonstream o on page 41
er she couldna refuse. They'd drop the charges if she'd promis t on page 86

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ies, but she hudnae touched a drop. on page 26
he garden. Ah didnae hink tae drop Bettie a line sayin ah'd chan on page 45

2 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
Like ancient timbers roofs drop, passages on page 107

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
an said, 'Will yis hae a wee drop tea?' She wis aye that happy on page 44

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
derstaun why she’d want tae drop her best subject.
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
ncy. A open the blinds when A drop ma bags in efter checkin in,
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
about a friendly drop of rain,
1 matches

Grubb, Adrian Bungee, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Kirkcaldy, prose
swandive. When ur done, we'll drop a rope fir ye tae clip it tae
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
uyers are going mental. I can drop stuff off after work.”
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
ing, Ma's husband. I used tae drop in tae see him efter he moved
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ing it, and people started to drop in little charitable offering
cidit on a simple message: “Drop everything. Come at once. It
r Mrs Bose, perhaps you could drop me_ off...”
3 matches

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
ojodinks79 @star_welsh Dinnae drop them oan yer bonnie wee fit g (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
il and gas will see a massive drop in supply. And when that happ (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
gettin followed wae awe these drop deed gawjuss birds fae the us (2020) twitter link
av jist got a follow fae this drop dead gawjuss bird fae the usa (2020) twitter link

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
wis empty: she didna lek till drop e jar for fear o killan some on page 9

1 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
Windscreen wash wi used a drop o' Fairy
1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
er17 @ScotlandNT Christie cud drop back if ye want Fraser speed (2020) search twitter

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
d high. And I felt the weight drop fae me hert. on page 22
potion fae her hand wae no a drop left. And fine I kent it wid on page 23

2 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
jist a makar o drop scones fur you? on page 15

1 matches

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
He'll tak yir iPad an drop it in muck on page 89

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ld high. An I felt the weight drop fae me hert. on page 76
potion fae her hand wae no a drop left. An fine i kent it wid b on page 77
early alarm for me, but did I drop off tae sleep again? I don't on page 85

3 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
they came back he insisted I drop everything, and put on the fr on page 9

1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
es ??" Then they scowl at me, drop a turd, flip(2020) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
as empty: she didnae want tae drop th jar in ease eet kilt onvbo on page 9

1 matches

Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
l him we'd gie him a haun tae drop gear on the poor craturs fae (2014) twitter link
uf-yin o whusky, if he taks a drop himsel). (2015) twitter link