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Use in varieties of Scots

limp Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 5.7 3 39.7 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences1911 2 4 2 0 0
Number of authors16 11 2 1 2

Occurrences of limp in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
Disco's airm goes limp and ah pin it doon. on page 14

1 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"Thon limp is awfie bad. on page 6

1 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
use when he did he grew a bad limp as if the door frame shot las on page 38

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
in we couldnae hear an make a limp wristet haun gesture. on page 169

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
Klaus felt his hale body gang limp as the hook-haundit mannie le on page 91

1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Wi' phrases bold, no' limp an' tame,
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
His haun, which had been lyin limp athort his breist, claucht he
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
’s still cairyin a bit ae a limp efter that hidin he goat fae
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@billykayscot tweeted
ower Scotland - walkin wi a limp or impediment.(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
Strike (Tom Burke) forgot tae limp when he wis fleein fae Charlo(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
l. That second guy (efter the limp biscuit fae the castle) wis f (2022) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
n Daisy's een. The horse gied limp like a sack o burst grain. Th
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@beast_afc tweeted
n and Marshall jump was a bit limp. Get ploughed through em next(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
at the bunch o feathers lyan limp and lifeless there. on page 13
plastic poke, aal shrivelled, limp and deid. on page 30
I wis drippan wi swaet and as limp as a cloot. Completely exhaus on page 72
ah'm sorry tae say ~ ah'm as limp as a cloot bi the end o the d on page 75

4 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
owe his street, wi his infant limp on page 46

1 matches

Williamson, Christie Pre nuptial, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, poetry
his airly limp fur.
1 matches

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