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Use in varieties of Scots

papa Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.9 3 1.5 9.9 40.7 10.3 0
Number of occurrences166 1 1 7 1 0
Number of authors11 4 1 1 4 1

Occurrences of papa in Corpus

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Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
but as Papa would say if he seen me the d on page 94

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Chasin the Graf Spee were you papa?' on page 50

1 matches

Pennie, Len The year A shouldnae hae had, (tictok 2022) Central - Kilmarnock, poetry
but as papa would say if he seen me the d
1 matches

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
Luiking for my auld Papa Cook waving tae me from the b(2019) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
Ah cannae mind, as ma Papa wid tak me tae the library ev(2020) search twitter
Ma Gran & Papa. They deid 35 year ago, but A(2020) search twitter

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
an the Mama's and Papa's on page 9

1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
dule oot the end o Aikeray: a Papa, monietoran micro-waith, the on page 143

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
- Oot biwast da Horn o Papa on page 31

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
ta Papa, an trowe da Nort Whilk on page 28

1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Sang Oda Post War Exiles, (Shetland For Wirds 2003) Shetland, poetry
Across da Soond o Papa
Across da Soond fae Papa.
Der nothin left I Papa.
I’m hed enyoch o Papa
4 matches

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Minni-Babbi, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, prose
Da fokk in Papa Stour wid laeve me be, but da
1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
still on the go. My gran and papa Paterson lived in Emrys Ave.(2020) search twitter