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The word 'crops'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
cropsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus62013
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
SHD - Shetland 29.1 5 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of crops in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
d go tae school, When aal the crops are gathered in and safely te on page 70

1 matches

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2021) Orkney
time the gæthereen in o the crops in the back end wis synonymou
erally hid means "gatheran in crops", an the sæm wae German "her

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
a my best yowes or aa my best crops? Will I even gie my first bai on page 75
wis needin a lok o help. His crops hed ta be taen in fast. So he on page 103

2 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ys, fur naebody is growin ony crops, bit da rest o it is as true on page 1
ta commit tae a pairtner. His crops wis da best i da place, an da on page 2

3 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tae think aboot hame and the crops beginning tae ripen in the fi
1 matches

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
noo are needed tae hairst oor crops. 50,000 we hear risin' tae 70 on page 29

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
crops on page 32

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
inin aboot that nivver really crops up in the media is the nummer on page 73

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
n oor or twa warkin amang his crops he wis fair parcht. on page 78

1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
That drive thae livin crops tae culls o life itsel on page 31

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
pou the crops fae the gairdens on page 46

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
riculture, baith the growin o crops and the rearin o beasts, and
sts were ett and whit types o crops were growed, wi barley and oa
2 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
lands), comin alang wi failed crops an dearth, an throu Soothron
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
king an queen o aa the crops, muck-pussed potentate, on page 77

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Lyttle, A. G. Yarns 3 - Lastin Memorial, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Bangor, prose
e aa his rent whun tha pratie crops failed. An no jist him, dizze
1 matches

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