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Use in varieties of Scots

ripped Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13 18.7 3 0 0 0 13.3
Number of occurrences4237 2 0 0 0 3
Number of authors22 17 2 3

Occurrences of ripped 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

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
agnus wisna sae lucky, an aix ripped his caur shooder open, an he on page 58

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
is a beauty. Elder cunts hud ripped aw the copper n lead oot the on page 3
t. The slab ae Tennent's gits ripped open and we aw take a tin eac on page 10
on the lane in boggin jeans n ripped trainers. A walk across the r on page 12
ir stuffed upside doon in his ripped and paint-covered jeans. We a on page 13
bit ae a dooin. His jakit is ripped n he's git blood on his face. on page 17
Also on pages 26, 42
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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ed back intae the room, jeans ripped doon, heid shoved furrit oan on page 1

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
he reason why ah'd the mickey ripped oot o me in the wee school. on page 7

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
untimely ripped on page 38

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Then Jordan ripped opened and turned tae his clo on page 91

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
twig right away but she jist ripped it up an pit it in the bin wi on page 17
lik parakeets an they aw wear ripped jeans an thir aw dead good lo on page 75
wur the new lassie an evrubdy ripped the piss ootae you cause ae w on page 103
Frieda ripped the middle pages ootae Laura' on page 106
pure mortified an he went an ripped on page 110
Also on pages 152, 169
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McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
he hummocked strand, the wind-ripped on page 16

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
the reason why ah'd the piss ripped oot o me in the wee school. on page 21

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
e rolls, an wi shaky fingers, ripped the polythene. Yin dropped an on page 41

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ums oot the windae. This fair ripped Hera's knittin and she hatit on page 2

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Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
at he had scribbled doun bein ripped tae bits because they didnae on page 37

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Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
twig right away but she jist ripped it up an pit it in the bin wi
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Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
. Ah hatet the way she always ripped half yir hair oot when she wi
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
landin the interior light’s ripped aff the waw so the only sembl
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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
said cash every week tae get ripped tae the tits oan charlie.
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Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
doon at his level it wid get ripped tae buggery.
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Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
a scream. Her fingernail had ripped back and a spurt ae blood spa
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McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 3, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
Anen the wins ripped the angel frae its base. Bron
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
oon oan different parts ae ma ripped stomach. Efter he took his ha
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
l leave every one else to get ripped off wae the polis - the fm n (2020) twitter link

Doric

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
He ripped it aff, an' chucked it in the
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@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
fower fit high on the beach, ripped aff the sea bed by the norlan (2021) twitter link

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Abundance ripped frae doon below on page 26

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McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
a lyin on tha scullery flair, ripped tae bits. Wullie heerd her cu on page 18

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@OrangRuth tweeted
ave said Linfield! I heard he ripped a poster of Lyndsey McKeon af(2016) search twitter

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