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The word 'poppin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
poppinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.12316
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
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 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 32.8 3 2
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of poppin in Corpus

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Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Poppin in me heed. on page 125

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
it ae place, it'll jist come poppin back oot it anither," said Er on page 12

1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@73Bain Aye. Worth poppin in(2019)

Mid Northern B

Riddell, Conor San Diego, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
ht seeing. A hid a grand time poppin in tae a the coffee shops and
1 matches

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
He's saved sae mony, fae poppin their clogs. on page 13

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Anither castle wirth poppin in past, especially for Disne on page 17

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
ir, different kynes o flooers poppin up ower the course o the 'ear
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Poppin peels an skoofin booze. on page 194
Poppin up quicker than floors on page 195

3 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
he veins on his foreheid were poppin up like cables.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
e the Blackhill transmitter. 'Poppin they lichts.' on page 1

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
as 2 o us - seen the tweet poppin up at 3am this mornin while w (2020) twitter link
fir an hoor n a hauf then am poppin up rae ma uncle jimmys at may (2020) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
lookin at his pal wi his een poppin. on page 65
'Agh," squeaked Tam, his een poppin an his neck muscles staunin o on page 66
Agh,' skirlit Wullie, his een poppin an a smile beginnin tae form on page 70

3 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
, since I heard recently that poppin thum yersel makes it worse, s on page 2

1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ce ay the Labour party, afore poppin the cork ay a magnum ay Bolli
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
urt tae breathe. Ah’ve been poppin paracetamol fur days noo, but
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
y's not your first,' he says, poppin the stethoscope intae his ear on page xvi

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
nna_gallers Jist the hing fer poppin tae the corner shop. ??(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Lallans 67 - Two poems by Betty Tindal, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Dumfries, poetry
poppin ower on page 129

1 matches

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