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The word 'skip'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
skipOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.72518
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 32.8 3 3
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 36.3 2 1

Occurrences of skip in Corpus

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Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
did da test an am managed ta skip a quarter a da course an gott (2020) twitter link
just watchin da ad til I can skip it but I am a stubborn rebel (2021) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e mak jam. Grunny kent foo te skip. Ay, an foo te rin in es weel on page 66

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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Ae Friday, a skip wis plunkit doon in Dauvit’
bike wis haived onno the skip heid, alongside bins o roosty
2 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
The skip didna tak lang ti mak up his on page 41

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Jist a hop, skip an a jump awa fae Scotland, o on page 15

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
rook had picked it oot o some skip somewye. It disna exactly sme
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
at'll fair mak ye skip tae i'loo. on page 152
at'll fair mak ye skip tae i'loo. on page 169

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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
intae the skip in the Circle in Pitsliga an,
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@_DawnLeslie tweeted
iteboard ever...?? Maybe just skip the election and make her the(2020)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ly1 @TheManUtdWay @ManUtd wee skip 2 ma lou - aye wisnae the be (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Then fling yer empty in yon skip o ruint yesterdays. on page 208

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
D'yi think she wis tryin tae skip the country before some big m on page 133
re except pollutet water an a skip an me an maist on page 169

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Pennie, Len The year A shouldnae hae had, (tictok 2022) Central - Kilmarnock, poetry
ae ower lang but A promise to skip aw the pairts that wur there
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
, an fae there it wis a quick skip tae Lanzhou, whaur her employ
1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
so A'm gantin tae skip tae the end. on page 33
e ower long and A promise tae skip aw the pairts that wur there on page 92

2 matches

@ClashCityClarky tweeted
oug_johnstone Ooft. Nice yin, skip.(2019)

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
less roon the corner. A hop, skip and a jump later (no literall
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
a weechile no knowin hoo tae skip - whut's tha warl cumin tae, on page 30

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
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