A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

droppin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.5 3.6 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences87 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors8 7 1

Occurrences of droppin in Corpus

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Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
no' aboot shoppin' 'til ye're droppin', it's no' aboot clubbin' in on page

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
he Greenland boat in an she's droppin anchor in the roads jist the on page 35

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
she's made a massive mistake droppin oot - especially noo she's b on page 169

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
oddin, his e'ebroos liftin an droppin as his silly wee brain tried on page 74

1 matches

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
olite aboot it for ower lang; droppin aw oor glottal stops, pittin
1 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Here boy,’ ah say, droppin the stick oan the groond. ‘
1 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
S, he hardly knows me, so my "droppin in" suggestion was sarcasm ?? (2022) twitter link

Doric

@Franwella tweeted
Oo 80p for droppin a beaker in science. I cane t(2011) search twitter