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The word 'skipper'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
skipperOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus16.95513
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 63.9 11 4
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 52.3 16 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 142.2 13 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 56.3 9 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of skipper in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
awa, fur he wants ta get his skipper's ticket, so he can bigg a ho on page 33

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
wi Jarl skipper skilin fae atween on page 34
wi a skipper Jacob Joensen. on page 59

2 matches

Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
Bridders Jamsie, skipper, an Willie wirkin da sail.
1 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
Skipper John 'Broon-beard', son o da
eggie', an hated dir half-mad Skipper wi a passion. But John didna
Da skipper wis answered wi cheers fae da
"Skipper!" yelled a deckhand. "We're t
ered grund underneath him. Da skipper wis joost aboot tae give it a
6 matches

Sinclair, James Murmansk, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Shetland, poetry
Da skipper stuck his heid oot da wheelho
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
Jim an thi "Trust." Jim eis a skipper ye felt a hunner per sint saf on page 3
ker, bit tae me, ma da weis a Skipper or a Captin. Aye offin feel s on page 7
Noo, Baggy weis thi skipper o a boatie caad thi Charm, sh on page 9
uch, cus a seen foo mukkul ma skipper wels upseyt. Oneywuly, thi ne on page 10
l, Noo, er weis a loon caad, "Skipper" aboord thi Charm ena, an he on page 12
Also on pages 13, 17, 19, 29, 30, 32, 39, 46
15 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
o littlins – an the crew an skipper forbye, wis aa drooned.
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
'Ay, his faither wis a traal skipper. Did ye nae ken the Prof wis on page 59

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
le they telt their story. The skipper wisna surprised. 'Oh, it's he on page 40
s been at it again,' said the skipper. on page 41
But the skipper had nae intention o takkin th on page 44
In the wheelhoose the skipper wis staanin ticht-lipped an t on page 45

12 matches

General Northern

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
n' metallic hoor Ye? Ony WD40 skipper? #GaenInDry https://t.co/NXur(2016)

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
ye niver hear tell o' it, the skipper o' that boat wis a weel-kent on page 22
sh they catch is selt an' the skipper gits his shair, the crew aw g on page 25

2 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
spik posh. Peter Buchan, the skipper o a fishin boat at Peterheid
1 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
The skipper ast me did a’ waant a wee s
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
e mote cry me? Ye maun cry me Skipper. Ai! A sei whit ye'r ettlin a on page 4
shank A wesna sae feirt o the skipper hissell as ither buddies at k on page 5
Gif ivver ye mentiount it the skipper blawit throu hiz neb sae loud on page 6
he taibil. Suddentlie he, the Skipper that is, - begoud ti pype up on page 7
o luiks atwein thaim; bot the skipper suin knukkilt unner, pit up h on page 9

9 matches

General Central

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
"Stout Captain Hay, the skipper baal, on page 50

1 matches

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