A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

dropped Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.7 9 12.8 19.9 0 54.7 4.4
Number of occurrences3317 8 2 0 5 1
Number of authors20 12 4 2 1 1

Occurrences of dropped in Corpus

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Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
nderstaun why Laura's went an dropped History aw so she disnae huv on page 169

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Or thon place whaur they dropped the bomb, on page 93

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
e go hame fer a wash. Shuggie dropped me aff, sayin he'd be doon la on page 25
n bag fell an a carton o milk dropped oot, spewin its contents ower on page 35
rs, ripped the polythene. Yin dropped an - unravelled intae the ne on page 41

3 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'Sorry, hen,' ah say. 'Ah dropped ma falsers and knocked two o on page 119

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
erstaun why Laura’s went an dropped History aw so she disnae huv
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
rin last night. Probably snow-dropped that aff some cunt’s washin
1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
hurting Lugs instead. Then I dropped to the groond and he wis gone
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
We set off early an’ A wis dropped off oot o’ sicht o’ the C
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Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
y name was still David but we dropped the “of Seafield”) was ab
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
n't Ma was in hospital an' we dropped intae Perth Royal Infirmary t
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
r ba’ hit me in the back. A dropped bit as A lay there, A couldna
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
r complaints tae him. His jaw dropped as she stormed past him like
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
sponse, Sick Boy’s hand has dropped to ma thigh, palm hot against
1 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
s Miller need tae dae tae get dropped?(2017) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
l cannae beleeve greenlaw huv dropped oot m8 - the borders kin pla (2020) twitter link

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
e, Sir-" E Rabbit sprung back dropped e white kid-gloves an e fan, on page 17
e fan she wis howldan, an she dropped id quick leck, joost in time on page 19
are futrads! Where can A hev dropped them, A winder?" Alice guesse on page 31
atter, an here e conversation dropped, an e fouk sat quiet for a me on page 66
E miserable Hatter dropped his teacup an bread-an-butter on page 109

5 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Dropped as ‘Moon Strike’ France S
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@beast_afc tweeted
hat. Get it sorted or get him dropped. Nae wanting another snakey m(2020) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
last wan..gie ye a scream ah dropped an erm Paracetamol ?? wi an 8 (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ontiess smelly calleen cairds dropped in bi 'Pigeon Post'. on page 57

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
anine, like a granite erratic dropped fae a glacier. The wan-off Eg
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Th Rabbit got an awfy cliff, dropped th white kid-gloves an th fan on page 17
th fan she was haudin, an she dropped eet quickly, jist in time tae on page 19
are ferrets! Where can Ah hae dropped thum, Ah wunder?" Ahlice gues on page 32
Th penny dropped in Ahlice's heid. "Is that ho on page 71
Th miserable Hatter dropped heis teacup an piece, an went on page 112

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Ulster

@Angelinekking tweeted
st. That was before the penny dropped re: Ulster Scots! Keek and hu(2020) search twitter