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The word 'sappie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sappieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5167
ORK - Orkney
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
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 12 9 3
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 sappie in Corpus

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General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
Dar Oma A ettled tae cum a sappie Sufi fir Ye bit tak tent o me on page 3

1 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
as ma Auld Jockie. Wi monie a sappie smack A'l wirk for yeir luve. on page 48

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
pping dinkly round the muckle sappie coop, afore he gaed his ayday
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
e aboot honesty? Ye're jist a sappie-heidit wee sowf wha husnae a on page 19
mither cried. 'Aw Harry, how sappie-heidit can ye get? How come y on page 57

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
y Tod, a richt saft-hertit an sappie pastoral, whause impack is ma on page 140

1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
socks an bein traitit like a sappie-heidit bairn wi nae intelleck on page 59

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
s, Mr Tod?' he shouted. 'Braw sappie chookie meat! Hoo dae ye no c on page 31
ie,' he said, giein the three sappie chooks tae the biggest o his on page 42
Oxterin the three sappie chooks, the Wee Tod ran back on page 43
th-watterin feast, a purvey o sappie creeshie chooks...' on page 48
e Tods, slaikin their chaps. "Sappie saft deuks and muckle creeshi on page 51
Also on pages 54, 76
7 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
, 'Aaaaw', this is mair nor a sappie-heidit luve story, but whiles on page 90

1 matches

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