Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

toap	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	11.5	19	0	0	0	0	0
Number of occurrences	37	37	0	0	0	0	0
Number of authors	5	5

Occurrences of toap 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.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
hit wey?" pittin her haun oan toap ae her heid tae see whit wey on page 14
well look an see whit wis oan toap ae it. on page 42
in!" yellt the Gryphon at the toap ae his voice. on page 98
White Rabbit read oot, at the toap ae his shrill wee voice, the on page 113
id!" the Queen shoutit at the toap ae her voice. Naebdy moved. on page 120

6 matches

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
. "TABLE! ah screamed. At the toap ae ma lungs 'FUCKIN TABLE!' on page 35

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
oays heid fur wearin a maroon toap. Hibs hud jist been pumped fi on page 34
ing ah hear as a collapse oan toap ae the table is the smashin a on page 81
ican pitbull dug wid look oan toap ae him. Ah turned awey tae op on page 117
d this prick seems tae be oan toap ae the world, nice, very nice on page 125
he begins tae surface tae the toap. He sighs, "I'm tired of you on page 127
Also on pages 159, 187
7 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
eds and finally get intae the toap English group. But whit she c on page 1
at cream always rises tae the toap. on page 4
ay the game tae get intae the toap English group. Ah kin speak p on page 16
ink aboot puttin me intae the toap group when ma readin aloud wi on page 18
It's ma dream tae be in the toap spellin group before ah go th on page 26
Also on pages 35, 40, 41, 44, 45, 51
13 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
in a gorgeous pinny and white toap. The jaiket hud cost me six w on page xvii
llared hing wi an urn oan the toap and a Clyde view. It belongs on page 52
dark blue shirt, open at the toap, black trousers and a belt, a on page 58
jealous o hur fur bein in the toap groups, so she pointed oot hu on page 62

4 matches

Mc Rae, Thomas The Neep Lantern, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
d skull. Twa holes cut in the toap fur a string tae cairry the t
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
in a heider straight oaff the toap ae the Scots monument. Ah’l
is well and truly at the very toap ae the list. But fur noo, eh?
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
He’s modellin a retro Hibs toap and matchin light green jammy
ey. Ah casually pour massel a toap up.
ned oot hallwey is his carrot toap heid. Dougie, oan the other h
3 matches