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Use in varieties of Scots

ropes Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 7.2 7.5 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2114 5 0 1 0 1
Number of authors19 13 4 1 1

Occurrences of ropes in Corpus

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Central

Robson, Frances Lallans 85 - What Kind Of Scots?, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
the rhymes fur cawin skippin ropes; whae's het?; on page 8

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
an Ian wis pittin in new sash ropes. They'd whup oot a hale offis on page 26

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
y cannae hud on richt tae the ropes an' aw soorts. There's enough on page 20

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
She's got muscles like steel ropes.' on page 209

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
it wuid be pouin no jist the ropes but half a dizzen boats, each on page 41

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
ed up on tae the roof and pit ropes unner Grannie's oxters. Then on page 71

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
tape ower Sunny's mooth, and ropes aw roond her body. She wis fa on page 105

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
, ower railins. We skippit wi ropes, playit at roonders wi a bat
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
d. Goat me pinned against the ropes, ready tae execute the final
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ing and straining against the ropes. Once she struck the match Fr
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
in slammed err the top ae the ropes. Heid-first. Soles ae hiz tra
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Ropes A didnae get whit a wantit do
say a'm jeest learnin’ the ropes.
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ttempt, tae brek free fae the ropes. Ah’ve no goat the hert tae
1 matches

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
o ropes like haudin hands. Their dark on page 10

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
hoose. Ropes oot an ready tae load up. "Be
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Meg Ramsay hid fulled the ropes wi the wikk's wash, crossed h
1 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
Are we spikkin skippin ropes? https://t.co/pfAgPoKSN0(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
his back, held tagidder wi da ropes at da front. He starts aff be
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
heen o spindle-lik trees. Twa ropes dangled from branches an we t
1 matches

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