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The word 'snaps'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
snapsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.72517
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 13.1 4 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 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 25 4 1
GLA - Glasgow 22.8 5 4
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of snaps in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
the traitor stylus naeraboot snaps in her haand. on page 94

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
full ma een as Ah look it the snaps. Ah canna see ony 'disgrace' on page 43
tay - it'll stop yer ginger snaps fae gaun saft." on page 48
ack-an-fite an sepia-coloured snaps. Junk te onybody else, bit tr on page 79

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
hid chored a packet o ginger snaps frae the hoose, kennin it wis
1 matches

General Northern

Strachan, Shane Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Hert o the Moontin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
snaps oor fingars, on page 89

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
crook" snaps Jonsar Eck. The bobby steps b
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e, yae cheeky cunt!" the boay snaps. on page 104
s finally relinquishes and he snaps "Ma name's Westwater, ya chee on page 108

2 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
ie who screams first and that snaps Declan oot his daze.
1 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas Tae Kathleen Jamie, an ither Scots Scrievers, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
leeks ontae somebody afore it snaps in twa. Anely connect. A brie
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
gie's a swatch et yur hoalidy snaps
1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ence in the buildin again and snaps
picnic, took a few memorable snaps fur the photae album. And Bru
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
This warnin snaps me oot ma paranoid driven fre
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
‘’Yes’’ she snaps. His pups are in the box. And
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
in twenty feet. The windy air snaps aw ay a sudden 'ae expose an on page 3

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
lin tae keep it taegether. He snaps a photie o the teacher, heid on page 7

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
tree. It keels right oer and snaps in the middle, baubles and ti on page 173

1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
“Date of birth,” snaps the receptionist.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
kin start ya prick!’ McDade snaps back.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Wallace, Lorna Tae A Selfie, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2014) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Grabbin’ ma wee phone fur snaps;
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
A frozen twig it snaps on page 15

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
brekks aff sherp claws, snaps aff pyntit heids, on page 6

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
alang cums tha Wickit Yin an snaps awa whut wus sowed ïn hïs h on page 9

1 matches

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