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The word 'ripped'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
rippedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.94222
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 15.2 6 6
WCE - West Central 55.2 12 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 50.1 11 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of ripped in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
fower fit high on the beach, ripped aff the sea bed by the norlan (2021) twitter link

General Northern

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
He ripped it aff, an' chucked it in the
1 matches

North East Central

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

1 matches

(South) East Central

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

1 matches

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

1 matches

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

1 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
doon at his level it wid get ripped tae buggery.
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
a scream. Her fingernail had ripped back and a spurt ae blood spa
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
l leave every one else to get ripped off wae the polis - the fm n (2020) twitter link

West Central

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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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
1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
. Ah hatet the way she always ripped half yir hair oot when she wi
1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
he hummocked strand, the wind-ripped on page 16

1 matches

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
1 matches

Glasgow

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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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

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
landin the interior light’s ripped aff the waw so the only sembl
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
said cash every week tae get ripped tae the tits oan charlie.
1 matches

General 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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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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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

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

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

1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 3, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
Anen the wins ripped the angel frae its base. Bron
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

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

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

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

1 matches

General Ulster

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