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Use in varieties of Scots

oops Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.1 5.3 11.2 9.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences1910 7 1 1 0 0
Number of authors15 9 4 1 1

Occurrences of oops 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.

Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
d. 'Keep ye alive, that will. Oops.' They hauled him doon afore on page 1

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
t naebuddie but megalomaniacs oops sorry, aristocrats an kings ~ on page 32

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
(oops) eh maks yi think... on page 6

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
wo of the five senses though. Oops.' on page 50

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
Oops!’ said Doug. ‘Wrang turn
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
h aff the bluidy mains furst (oops the ex-lecturer came oot agai
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ae the tramp bed, grabed her, oops right haun, right boob AGAIN!
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
@ClydeSOF2003 Oops! Nickin’ wan of those??. ???(2019) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
@Documark @Historic_Ally Oops! Hae ye accidentally fell int(2020) search twitter

@weenell3 tweeted
r Stephen's tae Greggs.... ?? oops said it! (2022) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Oops!" Chantelle spottit the pass on page 61

1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
Oops Broon stood off there(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
se, I wrote on your wall;-)” oops jist saw this .... but i'v re(2012) search twitter
@LouiseNicol1 oops.....maybe ye shud hae a relax(2011) search twitter
@aimeeannenaylor oops! hee hee. It wiz nivir going (2011) search twitter
oops sent tweet tae masel!(2012) search twitter

@JamesAmcvean tweeted
dug Yer patter is pish anal...oops alan(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The kye err oot is key error oops, on page 135

1 matches

Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
I dinna hae a book oot yet...oops ?? https://t.co/7ORun8tmMf(2021) search twitter