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The word 'op'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
opOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.22418
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.9 5 4
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 2
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 116.3 2 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 op in Corpus

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Hom fae post op check up and he wolfed doon h(2017)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e claik at Ah heard in the Co-op it the heid o the Toon." on page 22

1 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
them wearing a tracksuit, co-op bug under their arm and fag i(2016)
ns a'the time. Pop tae wee co-op fer few bitsnbobs, naebody in(2017)

(South) East Central

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
he skip at the back eh the Co-op the week afore. At first ah p on page 7

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ah bumped intae him in the CO-OP. But he wis in a hurry fur hi on page 33

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
up hes mind tae yaise the Co-op shop in the High Street. It w
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
lro28744016 Aye, blame the Co-op ????(2020)
@Judy_Jarv The boy op isn’t tae be sniffed at ! ??(2020)

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
the Buckfast trade, At her Co-op. on page 29

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
She said, Bonjoor Keerstee I op you arrr feeleeng much better
1 matches

Glasgow

Kennedy, Julie Ma Mum and William Wordsworth, (Howkin Words Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1399988971) Central, prose
n café, next door tae the Co-op, the wumman who serves us his on page 13

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
fruit an veg shoap an the Co-Op fur their messages; punters s
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
had just got back fae the Co-op when the lamas arrived at the
1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
aither doon ahint the auld Co-op shop an stertit bletherin abo on page 22

4 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
Ieid is weel kent, the attack op Scots is affen Icft oot oor h on page 60

1 matches

@RickHJohnston tweeted
ry daein that in the store/co-op! https://t.co/jiQouvkIRb (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Stevenson, Gerda Cat Wumman: Tales O Nine Lives - The Witch, (Luath 2025 ISBN: 978-1804252420) Central - Peebles, prose
an roon the corner tae the Co-op. She aye cam hame wi the same on page 40

1 matches

@officialAliRed tweeted
Op een klein avontuur naar Neder(2019)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
n oor burglar breezed, Lily's op complete, a weetheen pleased, on page 30

2 matches

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