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Use in varieties of Scots

creep Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.2 9.1 13.5 0 23.2 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences3318 9 0 4 1 1
Number of authors25 15 5 3 1 1

Occurrences of creep in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
yer feet yer freens and rin? Creep awa quiet-like? Mibbe ye wid on page 13

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Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
t makes me git wee-er, ah kin creep unner the door; either wey ah on page 14

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Shepherd, J. Barrie Lallans 82 - Crab Toon Crail, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
your pantil-croodit roofs creep roond on page 40

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Calder, Bob Lallans 82 - Ae Legend o Sanct Benedict, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
'for a creep in the convent gairden, on page 52

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
creep roon ma face if ma maw wisnae on page 52

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"Then shuid she creep or try tae pounce on page 8
hen intae the forest they did creep. on page 33

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
t bluebottles. They're cannae-creep creeps. So whaur the fuck? I on page 1

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
e", that'll prove you're no a creep. Eejit. on page 3

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
feet, the way a ratton micht creep awa fae a tarrie dug that's k on page 114

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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
've dune eneuch fur noo. A'll creep
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
wee chink o normalisation tae creep intae the weird o the Scots l
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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
w efter school and maybe some creep wid nick it in the meantime.
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Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
thaim. Native birks an pines creep further up the glen ilka year
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
t tae hear aa the claik. Some creep whase parents wis fae the fz
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ravity o Scots speakers micht creep nearer an nearer tae the Scot
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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
aw efter school and maybe sum creep wid’ve nicked it by then. B
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
which ah wis able tae slowly creep inside. Fawin through the doo
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Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
When Susy said "Drap deid ye creep ~ I'd as redd be shot as poos on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
r mither. Ah feel a wry smile creep ower ma face: ye hid te bi de on page 78

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ay, an Ah winner foo time can creep by se slow fin it eesed te fl on page 44

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
makes me grow peedier, A can creep under e door; so either way A on page 14

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
'Creep aneth the bedclaes an wyte ti
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
creep alang a bench. Puir Dauvit’
otricht. That nicht, he didna creep hame twa - fauld as
e foreneen o the Games he wid creep doon, trysted there bi the sk
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@beast_afc tweeted
his fore heed every morning. #creep(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
rowe peerier, A'll be able ta creep anunder da door; so A'll win on page 14

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
tae creep - a creepie on page 39
tae creep - [X is] creepin on page 40

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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Carefully creep and crawl aroond da Keen o Ha(2017) search twitter

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
they creep thegither ahint a rock on page 153

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Ulster

King, Angeline Untitled, (twitter 2021) Ulster - Larne, poetry
at'll happen, the oul muse'll creep up on me amang the lambs and
1 matches

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