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Use in varieties of Scots

soap Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.7 10.8 28.6 19.9 23.2 0 4.4
Number of occurrences4721 19 2 4 0 1
Number of authors30 14 10 2 3 1

Occurrences of soap in Corpus

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Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
thin', foo' o' daytime telly, soap operas an' breakin' news (whi on page

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
n ben the hoose, he foond the soap. on page 19

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
b ma boady wae hoat water and soap. It feels as if ah've jist be on page 147

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
er een glued tae the American SOap on the screen. She wis a bows on page 20
sh, Daddy, if ah were you, wi soap and watter. But ye'll need ta on page 58

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
hey wur too busy watchin thir soap operas. Ah'd a pure sore bell on page 149
should attack her wi a bar a soap. on page 169

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Soap-Boax Major (wance her friend) on page 47

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
sol can o SUPER SAPPLE SHAVIN SOAP belangin his faither. Geordie on page 20
dementit stuff - the shavin soap, the hair remover, the dandru on page 39
irried on ... 'And the shavin soap ... and the face cream ... An on page 79

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
t through twa bars o lavender soap an wore oot the scrubbin brus on page 26

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
reeked o bleach and carbolic soap. And when the gloamin came an on page 25
u never waash? Ye no ken whit soap is? Here's yir sixth trauchle on page 26

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Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - Mither, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
aye washin her lobby wi saft soap. on page 58

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Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
should attack her wi a bar a soap man.
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
r warm fleesh an the coal tar soap, leuk deep in her een. What b
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
plate; tin flute (suit); Joe Soap (dope); paraffin, paraffin il
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
he scullery an screenge us wi soap an a coorse cloot gin aa oor
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Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
at. It a’ soon’s like new soap powder tae me. Ah just wanna
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
room brother n the carbollick soap tae wash aff the scurvy - la (2020) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
He'd plenty after-shave an soap on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
h wi a facecloot an Palmolive soap, an syne a splashie o caal wa on page 83
cuffs wi a cake o green Fairy soap. An syne, fin she'd feenished on page 87

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
him unhook her bikini tap an soap her up an doon...up an doon.. on page 12
wi a cake o finesmellin Fairy soap an singin...ayewis singin. In on page 90

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Robb, Lydia AUNTIE BEAN UNDRESSES, (Association for Scottish Literary Studies 2005 ISBN: 978-0948877698) Doric - Arbroath, poetry
the warm smell o soap an sweit on page 123

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
An get i' soap suds oot o' 'em fir I' nixt g on page 131

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
a place far fae time ti time soap-box evangelists eesed ti haud on page 75

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
en a bar o music frae a bar o soap.'
ce in the them, the sapples o soap war still weet aneth his lugs
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Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
eir claes or emsels last seen soap an waater. An eir hair! Sic a
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
vie. Skirly stude on a daud o soap an skytit inno the taps. He
soap.”
he gaed Mrs Scott the talc an soap. A boorich o ither bairns hau
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
found it, turns oot it wis i soap. Fit a scunner. Onywye, een s(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
CRadioScot news so there is a soap opera historian getting 10min(2020) search twitter
SPAberdeen Mibee there is nae soap in the hoose though(2020) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
na313 It wiz that or carbolic soap. Now that wid remind me o Gra(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
A scrubbing brush an n bar o soap, tae git the dirt tae moave. on page 81

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
se on hands raeddened bae lye soap. on page 117

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie Meenie’s Viking spoon, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
bleached dir hair wi a kind o soap dey med. Da men aften hed mai
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@tattooedselkie tweeted
t back an da stuff tastes lik soap tae me noo ?? https://t.co/PG(2021) search twitter

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
air bobble aboot da neck o da soap bottles to git 1/2 a pump. It (2020) twitter link

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
in an rubbed on some Lifebuoy soap. on page 17

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