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The word 'scrap'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
scrapOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.93523
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 32.7 10 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 27.1 5 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of scrap 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.

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
les intae the pot along wae a scrap o maet on a marrow bone. on page 117

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
He taks the scrap an reads 'Have got landed in on page 39

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
tiny skeletons, and ate every scrap!" on page 9

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
l't oot boxes - flooer pots, scrap Or they were jist aboot tae d on page 15

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
m an Muskey,"' weis cullecten scrap tae seyl tae thi scrappy fur on page 5

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
lang, it wad seen be a pile o scrap.
g ben the road tae Barney’s scrap yaird.
Barney’s scrap yaird wis a dreich place that
in plunkit doon in Barney’s scrap yaird. It wisna that Barney w
ignored the things in his scrap yaird an Furly an Mary war cl
7 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@MrJohnMellis I'd scrap the shower. Just head hame. Q(2020)

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
then above a scrap-metal yard, on page 32

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Ilk trivial-seemin scrap o evidence on page 10

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
A scrap-buik, fill't wi auld photogra on page 52

1 matches

Lochhead, Liz Ashet, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
wi hardly a scrap o rid or black pent left on i
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
it, they were flung ontae the scrap heap wi hairdly a thocht. Thi on page 147

1 matches

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
a letter. Some bitty of paper scrap wi legal significance. Thelon
van Evans and Evan Nichols’ scrap, but it’s the latest. Next
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
tidy, nae obvious place for a scrap o paper tae be. In the kitchi
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Makkin eddies roond a scrap o silk drawers on page 53
Aw aye return tae that wee scrap o bairn on page 61
A tiny scrap o wean cam birlin oot on page 70
This tiny wrunkelt scrap o thing on page 76

4 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Scrap.
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
tappit fu wi enough delicious scrap, nables tae last you and yer on page 60

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ewan else look dug ugly oan a scrap piece o paper. on page 43

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ae the cookbook ontae a bit o scrap paper, and then Judge Strauss on page 41
Violet said, keekin doon at a scrap bit o paper she'd been takkin on page 86

2 matches

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
r integrity in a furst place. Scrap that wan.(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
. Ah dinnae believe there's a scrap o meanin in eet." on page 120

2 matches

South West (Galloway)

McClure, Alan A poem, (Twitter 2022) Central - Galloway, poetry
tae claim this wan wee scrap o road
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Scrap thon roond on page 43

1 matches

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