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Use in varieties of Scots

sip Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.6 9.1 4.5 29.8 5.8 20.7 4.4
Number of occurrences2818 3 3 1 2 1
Number of authors18 11 2 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of sip 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

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
guy,' Dolly laughs, taking a sip ae her drink an going back ta on page 4

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah smile and take a sip ae ma pint. Wan ae the staff on page 29

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
nal dining bit, the survivors sip coffee an fill up oan the fry on page 3

5 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
hat. Though again, he takes a sip fae the fountain ae failure. on page 21
ell him. Before takin another sip ae ma watered doon pint. on page 49
Well" ah says, coolly takin a sip ae ma Barcardi and Coke. "At on page 170

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
e said aince they'd had a wee sip o the cratur, 'an it wis fell on page 44
had a few puffs an sip or three o coffee in the cant on page 50

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
we eat blue-eened fillet, sip Chardonnay. on page 16

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
rict, stappin tae tak a cauld sip o watter at the Foontain o St on page 62

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
the publican and the builder sip, and savour, a gowd still acc on page 72

1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
“Why?” she said, takin a sip o hur sherry.
1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
drink it doon. I take another sip and see it again, red tentacl
1 matches

McNulty, Victoria Flit, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Sip ye fae crystal glasses
1 matches

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Fan ye sip his orange spice on page 122

2 matches

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
ear-aul Adventurers. Ye tak a sip – it’s ower warm and ye c
1 matches

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
Sheu paused for a sip o coffee before continuing he on page 14
ed up be noo sheu hid anither sip o her coffee afore draan a de on page 17

2 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Or tak a sip o watter and a peedie air o m on page 12

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
hindmaist een tae /p/ we git sip, an dat means sumthin totally on page 22

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
A first sip noo the taste tae savour on page 20
Come sip ma bonnie Jo on page 21

2 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
It’s wile hard tae sip pride throu the straw o ma st
1 matches

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