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slap Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.8 19 12.1 19.9 17.4 10.3 26.6
Number of occurrences5737 8 2 3 1 6
Number of authors37 22 5 2 2 1 5

Occurrences of slap in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Ower by the slap, the sleekit fox slips throug on page 25

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
bum. Gied his backside a bit slap. 'Fuckin tight-arsed wee slap on page 1

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ld stanes a-plenty tae fill a slap in the north waa, an a bank o on page 50

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
At last they came tae a slap inthe hedge on the lefthaund on page 175

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
tae hit it but it's mare ae a slap than a slice an it jist bounc on page 174

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
slap up meal fir three, on page 47

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
in it aw day an ah wantet tae slap her. She said it tae aw the b on page 71
that sort ae stuff then hell slap it intae yi, Ah still don't k on page 130
harlene heavily deserved that slap. She looked tae me fur help a on page 138
it of a weirdo. Ah wantet tae slap her fur sayin that; ah wantet on page 153
, ah said, Ah'd love tae jist slap her in the mooth. on page 169

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
. He pit his heid through the slap. on page 51
er pechin. Keekin through the slap atween twa bottles, he saw th on page 67
ot as they skailt through the slap in the waw. "Thanks for the b on page 71

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
in a lick o pent, and cairved slap-bang in the middle o it wis a on page 21

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ighr, but dinnae put any mair slap oan. Folk'll hink yer oan the on page 55

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
n o ony life ahint the nairae slap in the curtains, an it wisna on page 125

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Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ast back-en - a thirty yaird slap in the flood-dyke, wi hauf a on page 17

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Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
A Slap in the Dyke on page 29

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Ti plug thon slap hale-heidit. on page 11

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Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
n o ony life ahint the nairae slap in the curtains, an it wisna
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Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
ayed ane eildit mappie at the slap. “Saxpence fur the privileg
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
K’nicht hed ane onexpekkit slap in hiz fends.
slap at serred fur a duir, an, ti
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
tae take the thing aff him an slap his jaw wae it, cause that’
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Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Sanct Hub’s, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
gaed by oor lugs, oot the slap,
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Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
like Boris Johnson deserved a slap (even if he hadnae went for T
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
d loupin fae the open haunded slap McNulty’s just gied us. The
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
re! Jab it in here!” He wad slap his haun - haurd - ower her
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
So he cawed her an effin’ C Slap wis traded fur effin’ slap
wis traded fur effin’ slap Tae she went right ower the e
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
the hell said yes? Ye need a slap.(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
an culture. Superiors get tae slap subordinates aboot an mak the(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@Brian_Pacey @ajmc1066 slap it all over brother n get the (2020) twitter link
u10 lucky you m8 - add get a slap noo if a asked n am no cos ma (2021) twitter link

Doric

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
oast and he winces in pain. I slap him on the back a couple o ti
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Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
it an he gave her a backhaan slap in the face an tore it fae he
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
nd she gave Jessie a stinging slap in the face. That seemed tae
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Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
y wernae in it jist tae dae a slap-dash job. A great deal o thoc
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@Franwella tweeted
old” oh I micht jist hae tae slap ye fan i see ye next ;-)(2013) search twitter
@LouiseNicol1 son needs a slap! Ma leathr jkt smells fooshti(2011) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
ite understanding the chat....slap (2022) twitter link
utter wallopers...need a good slap across the moosh (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Slap O Aitkilith, Ballarat, Nettle on page 26

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Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
gentle slap o the ebb tide on page 149

1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
'Slap o Quoybeezie,' she telt him, on page 20

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Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
wi Ertie o Gord, biggin up a slap i da hill daek. He hed a muck
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Southern

@jamie_ginger tweeted
ni hev ti bother puttin there slap oan and gettin dressed up ti (2019) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
choke't an had tae bae hut a slap on the baak. Hooiniver, it wu on page 29
akin him an gaein haes baak a slap. At list the Mock Turtle reco on page 98

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Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ull. An ïf a bodie gies ye a slap on tha cheek, turn tha ither on page 79

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Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Ah went for the ban's tae the slap. on page 7

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McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
ed ate a fairmer' airse thu a slap in tha hedge!" on page 24

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Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
She stans near the slap an', I tigh'en the straps an'
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