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The word 'sappy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sappyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus62010
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 26.2 8 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
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)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sappy in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ed roses, or the caird wi the sappy verse. Ay, she thocht, iv Ah on page 29

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
m admit te onythin as saft an Sappy as aat. on page 47

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
toor an the blaeberries tae a sappy sweetness. Atap a heathery kn
calflie wis sooklin it wi its sappy hett moo, sae the coo wid lat
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
s Kieran wis fair, wi a saft, sappy mou an twa eebroos that near
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
oothy flooers. Sune, they war sappy an thrivin again.
in the snaw, a sappy mush o smush, jist fit it ayw
sappy toast, an kickit her fower pi
3 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
he plunk or jine the crew, or sappy sojers, an fit hae ye. The st
1 matches

General Northern

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ad lookit at Mam an gid her a sappy look. His een wis aa weet - on page 91

1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
die @valmcdermid @ProfJoSharp Sappy stovies second day wid dry up(2020)

(South) East Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 82 - Ae Legend o Sanct Benedict, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
seein this crisp sappy lettuce. on page 52

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
An in yer wame, sae warm an sappy,
an gie him lettuce, green an sappy,
2 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
But oan this oyster-sappy, dreezlin day, on page 16

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Made tae soond aw saft and sappy on page 5

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ion. An it wis guid, sweet an sappy, wi something mair - a zing on page 89

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ion. An it wis guid, sweet an sappy, wi something mair - a zing on page 89

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
laGraham8 Acht, jist richt no sappy(2020)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
nie rid epple. It was perfec, sappy leukkin an bricht — an och!
1 matches

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