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The word 'paa'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
paaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7126
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 94.2 3 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
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 paa in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
then me paa flashes oot fur a hit on page 145

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
t roond een, an reckin oot ee paa, peerie-wyes, tryin ta touch on page 41
said da Cat, wavin his richt paa aboot, "der a Hat-makker at b on page 65

3 matches

Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
He patted aa da bairns wi his paa. Gutteryaggle wis aboot tae g
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Crivvens! There's paa prents in the snaa. on page 26
The paa prents led Tae the Gruffalo's on page 27

3 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 57 - Mac, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Doric, prose
ammochin at yer queets wi his paa, he's ahin ilky door wytin ta on page 27

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
an waikly streetchin oot yin paa, tryin tae titch hir. "Peur w on page 41
the Cat said, wavin its richt paa roon, "leeves a Hatter: an in on page 64

3 matches

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