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The word 'prop'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
propOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.81611
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of prop in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
a spare meenit, he stuck in a prop, on page 70

1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
battered body too ticht as I prop him up.
1 matches

General Northern

@cligeey tweeted
@LeftPeggers I see the Prop min(2020)
@cattyish I jist look for Prop o Ysthie(2020)
villages Pennan Gamrie n THE PROP ken(2020)
ill11 Thocht a saw ye fae the Prop https://t.co/2ba0g2wtIn(2020)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@cligeey Hinna been tae the Prop fir donks.(2020)
@AbdnUncovered That's the Prop of Ythsie(2018)

(South) East Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
Scotland, iz a 'flanker' or 'prop' or siclike. Oh he wiz 'quite on page 80

1 matches

West Central

Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
wha heard the pit prop crack, on page 129

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
an far ower aften his been a prop ana support fer the exploitat on page 18
ise there's nae hairm in agit-prop an street-theatre type acteev on page 51

2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
, the Scottish an’ Lion’s prop keepin’ his faith wi’ the
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ust huv access tae the finest prop in Ayrshire. Hink it'll be ma on page 17

1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
DVDs which are bein' used tae prop up the gammy leg o' a wee tea on page

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ss said. "Thon's jist a stage prop!" on page 146

1 matches

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