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Use in varieties of Scots

leap Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.6 6.2 3 0 0 20.7 8.9
Number of occurrences1812 2 0 0 2 2
Number of authors17 11 2 2 2

Occurrences of leap in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
book. The Moose gave a sudden leap oot ae the watter, an seemed on page 22

1 matches

Love, Rowena M. Lallans 82 - Hamecomin, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
till lowes leap high, on page 39

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Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ise, either. It wis a literal leap. "TABLE! ah screamed. At the on page 35

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
oot the fuckin windae. Salmon-leap tae freedom fur the Azzy boy. on page 9

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
tae shift. I go fur the flyin leap. Aff the apron oantae the roa on page 1

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
in roughly and blithely shall leap, ma dear, ma dear, on page 178

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
r forward in case any ae them leap aff ae his heid ontae mine. H on page 169

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
It gart her leap. on page 21

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Wir we that young!, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
cood prevent thi flame's leap? on page 48

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
r forward in case any ae them leap aff his heid and ontae mine.
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Oor he’rts would leap tae Bodhran beat,
1 matches

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
ame aul carlin that tried tae leap oot at me fan Ah wis jist a y on page 84

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
n-book. E Moose gave a sudden leap oot o e watter, an seemed til on page 21

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
n-book. Th Moose gae a sudden leap oot o th watter, an seemed ta on page 21

1 matches

The Westender Loupin Salmon, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
p the rapids. It's sic a high leap at that point, a wunder how t
1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Be richt gled on that day an leap for joy, for ye hae a pooerfu on page 79

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
O' dance an leap tae fut oo hillock on page 31

1 matches

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