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Use in varieties of Scots

pup Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.4 8.7 9 29.8 17.4 0 62
Number of occurrences4317 6 3 3 0 14
Number of authors19 9 3 1 3 3

Occurrences of pup 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.

Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
stick, an held it oot tae the pup; straucht awa, the pup lowpt on page 40

3 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
NANCY: Come ere, you! Like a pup that's chewed a guid shoe or on page 1

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
ere's no wan bean, ye glaikit pup!' on page 15

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
sappointment. Aw, yur still a pup, ah kin tell; you've on page 14

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
eresa May askin fer help? The pup, whause involvement in The Tr on page 11

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
d that it wis an Awfie Clever pup-pup-pup Clever pup-pup Ploy. on page 133

5 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
Oor new pup got oot the back on page 46

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
obacco lords were sellin me a pup.
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ar cry fae the skin-and bones pup ah foond last year. In fact,
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ious soul ever since he wis a pup and it’s no suttins he’s
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@200Buss Yir looking like a pup Meg ??.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Duncan cradled the wee black pup in is bosie. on page 62
a, na, min," he addit, es the pup pit is heid doon oan the pill on page 64

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
is indeed 'deen'. The playful pup hid turnt inte a hirplin, cro on page 18

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
n prigged fur his meat like a pup, Tommy wad like him
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
O Cullen.. First time fer the pup. https://t.co/muzxPk5EXo (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
expectan' and ah'm prood as a pup wi twa tails. on page 32
ince sheu wis cheust a peedie pup, sheu'd nivver left his side. on page 50
im near me, the smelly peedie pup. on page 68

3 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
beasts either; the pup raised a weet snarl, birlan a on page 19

1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
rescue dis lunchtime. A grey pup who has a lot of spirit but s(2018) search twitter

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
e also discovered the tooskit pup is NOT a fan of 'Da Full Rigg(2018) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
A gret big pup wus lukin doon at hir wi big on page 41
ppeart on the ither side, the pup played rin at the stick agane on page 42

7 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
e a wee blak an white coallie pup, shivverin wi tha coul unner on page 17
at Wullie's hans. "Thats tha pup" he sayed tae it, pickin it u on page 18

6 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
A'm as seeck as a poisoned pup. on page 19

1 matches

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