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The word 'crop'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
cropOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus82617
ORK - Orkney 59.6 6 4
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 23 5 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 2
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 56.2 4 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of crop in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
sayan notheen. 'That's a good crop. on page 72

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
ss tae sample the cream o the crop. Serve this noble baest wae c
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
s are the bounty of summer. A crop o fresh mushrooms appears mir
1 matches

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2021) Orkney
ar the backend afore a’ the crop wis in’. You wid hiv the Ha

@peediepuss tweeted
er been 100% clear on how hay crop was managed for keep in the d (2020) twitter link
ults wae Calabrese. A thinner crop, single peedie heads, but aaf (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
da right size for dis year's crop. Layerin an spreadin, pooin a
1 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
een dialect an language didna crop up - hit wis a artefact o tr
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
e genetic-modifaction fish an crop fairms ained bi the state an
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
Dinna fear abdy. Ma first crop o dockin leaves are almost ri(2020)

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
'Ere's a rare crop o' fruit 'ere on page 125

1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
dy_40 Nae yet reckon, maist o crop will be lifted afore then(2020)

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
her. She wis cairryin a ridin-crop in her richt haund. She stood on page 112
he Heidie, pointin her ridin, crop at him like a rapier, 'this k on page 114
ll tae skelp him wi the ridin-crop she kept smackin agin her thi on page 117
kelpin her thigh wi the ridin-crop. 'If ah tell ye tae eat, ye'l on page 121

5 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
essays, an the same subjecks crop up mair than aince, bit howpf on page 16

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
It's thi wurds that crop up on page 82

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ight, if I’ve got to grow a crop,
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
a brent-new braw thick bonnie crop o hair will stert growin aw o on page 102

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
We've hed a grand crop o strawberries in Scotland th(2020)

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
e girnin that thair'll be nae crop this year. on page 46
tairt the yearly race tae set crop in the grun. on page 48

4 matches

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