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The word 'dip'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dipOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62221
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
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) 58.1 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of dip in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
chickens got an early morneen dip on page 14

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Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a summer dip. on page 58

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Mid Northern A

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
shimmerin blae lochan ye can dip yer taes in o. A short dander on page 37

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@FaeFoggie tweeted
'm awa for a sweem in i sheep dip.(2019)

South Northern

Diansangu, Mae Doric, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
tae spik it, is tae dip yer tongue in a fresh
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Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
ck, though fyles ye can get a dip in the ocean. But of coorse t on page 44

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
sweet kyn o loaf that ye can dip intae yer drink if ye sae ple on page 4

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General Northern

Wheeler, Leslie Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, weans
arena, Cha Cha an Mississippi dip on page 13

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Gless his teen a fer bit o a dip,
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(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
middle-class cunt wantin tae dip his taes intae oor world. on page 41

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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
awe - even tho eeve yet tae dip ur erse in the watter lol (2021) twitter link
onnReynolds that u gaun fir a dip brother! (2021) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
An bocht masel a Lucky Dip! on page 146

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Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ver enunciatin. The sentences dip halfway, raw with adrenaline. on page 3

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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
appear fae oer the brow ay a dip in the path kitted oot in aw
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Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
onny zigzag, an wis aboot tae dip it in amang the leaves, that on page 44

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General Central

MacGregor, Rose Lallans 102 - The Big C Roller Coaster, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
an wantin aff, as we whirl an dip intae despair. on page 69

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
fascinatin documents jist to dip intae for tantalisin insichts on page 21

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@DABArbuckle tweeted
rs placed aboot a fit apairt. Dip doon atween them daein yer pr(2020)

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
i the tin lids, o empie sheep dip pails, tae keep the weet oot.
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South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
dip dips her reid paintit finnger on page 6

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Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Warwick, Matthew Tha Feardie Geng hae tae bide at hame, (Sensory Attachment Centre 2020) Ulster - Ballymena, weans
r fing’rs in tha saip, then dip thaim in til tha watter.
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