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The word 'swap'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
swapOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.31715
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
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 swap 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.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
jist waatch yersel...or Ah'll swap ye fir a puckle camels." on page 14

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
n years' supply o oxygen, tae swap Bandara's DNA wi his ain. He'
1 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
lburgh ur lovin it brother - swap the angel delight for dream t (2021) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Aa swap roond an aff yese go. Whit ar on page 104

1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
buckets like Oor Wullie an’ swap Christmas albums.
1 matches

@annieones tweeted
are full of English. Happy to swap oor unionist orange nutters f (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Naw, ah’m proposing to ye a swap, all fair n above board of co
1 matches

Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
d walkers really be happy tae swap tuim glens for touns an clach
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
fy loat these days! Ah widnae swap places wae him fir aw the tea on page 38

1 matches

General Central

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
s aft comes thegither for tae swap gemmes an thochts wi ither. C on page 54

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
enty minutes, you're going to swap stories with the person next on page 22
Mrs Smith tells us tae swap feedback moments before the b on page 25

2 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
s aft comes thegither for tae swap gemmes an thochts wi ither. C on page 54

1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
@JKCorden I'll happily swap you.....cause this wis ma vie(2015)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
uffinstuff, Banana Splits and Swap Shop.(2020)

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
in swap for themsels on page 86

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Bill dae iverythin! A wudnae swap places wi Bill fur a furtune: on page 38

1 matches

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