A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

aipples Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words29.4 36.7 27.2 0 11.6 32.8 0
Number of occurrences9169 17 0 2 3 0
Number of authors36 25 8 2 3

Occurrences of aipples in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
n ah'm right here! Diggin fir aipples, yer honour!" on page 37

2 matches

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
steady voice. 'A dinnae like aipples.' on page 43

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"Diggin for aipples, are ye!" said the Rabbit in on page 36

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Aik aipples owre aw braes in bloom on page 38

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Insteid, he'd fetch doun aipples for the weans; Muck reekin by on page 62

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
eenichtie, the colour o wersh aipples. on page 56
e fruit shop, its windae fu o aipples and oranges, and the butchers on page 171
Answer this. Ah've got seeven aipples, seeven oranges and seeven ba on page 211

3 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ie aipple tree wi braw-lookin aipples - a James Grieve, mebbe, or on page 89

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
s o fruits on it - bananaes, aipples, oaranges, grapes, pineaipple on page 118

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Tae discover that aipples, on page 143
Wins Hairst, his aipples skailt abreid the yird; on page 149

2 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
ng cider that he made fae the aipples oot o his orchard. He wis as on page 4

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
an aipples doon the hold on page 32

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ie aipple tree wi braw-lookin aipples - a James Grieve, mebbe, or on page 89

3 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - Three Waddins and Fowr Funerals - a monologue, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Grieve, ye ken. They're grand aipples tae eat, but a wee bit saft. on page 59

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
l redd-up aw thur auld fozent aipples an cairrots. You micht is wee on page 80

1 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Steal his aipples, mibbe? on page 29

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
shoppin list (breid, tatties, aipples) as it is tae scrievin statut on page 3

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
The Gowden Aipples o the Hesperides on page 45
He'll tell ye how tae get the aipples but watch oot for Atlas. He's on page 46
on wis deid, he looked at the aipples on the tree. He could easy pi on page 47
Hercules grabbed the aipples and boltit doon tae his ship. on page 48

13 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
than hae thochts rot like aipples. on page 82

1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
aipples, ill-wulled, jealous, grippit
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
ley Robertson an is cried Wee Aipples and Wee Orangies. The ither s
As a littlin I dookit fur aipples
2 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
astic bag o’ monkey nuts an aipples, a tangerine an twa Mars bars
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Tae pick the aipples he'd nae need
His aipples can stick on the tree.
or picked ten aipples aff His tree -
3 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
buy a neep tae mak a lantren, aipples for dookin, an a puckle o nut
roond the deein fire, eat oor aipples whiles oor faither, leukin in
2 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
Aphrodite picked three gowden aipples – “Because,” she thocht
ht then. These are magic luve aipples. Thraw ane afore Atalanta as
2 matches

Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
, ye dinnae want tae eat they aipples, they are likely fu o worms,
nt the tree stertit tae fling aipples at the Tattie Bogle. He gied
lauch and haundit a couple o aipples tae Dorothy, “Ah wis jist k
3 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
the pigs’ champ. The early aipples wis nou turnin maumie and the
aed furth that aa the faa’n aipples wis tae be collectit and brun
ly taks a scunner at milk and aipples. I mysel dinna like them. Wir
s for tae haud heal. Milk and aipples (this haes been pruiven by Sc
drink thon milk and eat thae aipples. Dae ye ken what wad happen g
7 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
akin leaves an cowpin bruised aipples. Bein a guid Ayrshire Covenan(2020) search twitter
bed up a ladder tae pick thir aipples ane by ane. Even for a Libran(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
auld fashioned wae dookin fir aipples, treacle scones oan a string (2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
Will ye be dookin fir aipples the night? Dinnae forget tae (2020) twitter link
Wha will be dookin fir aipples the night? #Scots https://t.c (2019) twitter link
essons fir Hallaeen! Dook fir aipples, listen tae ghaist stories, l (2019) twitter link
will gang guisin or dook fir aipples the morra? https://t.co/s0K9V (2018) twitter link
'Dookin fir aipples' - braw example o Scots in m (2017) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
auld fashioned wae dookin fir aipples, treacle scones oan a string (2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
r an blue een, an chicks like aipples. Nae hairm in her. Fact, Ah t on page 35

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
an reedenin wir chiks te rosy aipples. on page 21

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
gweed tree aye cairries gweed aipples bit a coorse tree cairries bi on page 15

5 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Jooglin aipples an a pear, wi' a peach on page 133

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
o the neep an the dookin fur aipples tae come, because aa bairns h
, fur the quinie tae dook fur aipples blinfauld. Efter the dookin w
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
– gweed riddance! A bowl o aipples sat on the glaiss coffee tabl
1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
r ocht else fur iz, forby yon aipples. E maun hae nivver chynged
1 matches

McArthur, Kaydi Rich n Peer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
reeved a loaf o breid, three aipples and a bun. At wis i day he ca
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ttered an chawed an gnawed at aipples, an rice, an flooer, an lard.
n’ doon like Halloween aipples in a basin o watter. Johnny t
tap, An we’re haein toffee aipples an ice
3 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
e, I wiz winderin' foo's thon aipples tasting e' day? #Nippy(2015) search twitter

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
"Diggin for aipples, in feth!" said da Rabbit, in on page 37

1 matches

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ife wi sheeks laek sheeny red aipples wis dyshin oot orders.
1 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Wins Hairst, his aipples skailt abreid the yird; on page 216

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"Diggin fur aipples, huh!" said th Rabbit angrily on page 36

1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
o the Meenister’s aipples. A dinnae suppone at the spul
1 matches

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