A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'scrapes'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
scrapesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.11010
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of scrapes 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.

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
tae the grateful collie then scrapes the rest in the pig slops. on page 117

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
And the shinin soc scrapes on page 120

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
aroon. Ah'v loast coont o the scrapes she's gatten ersel intull." on page 51

1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
huggises help reduce traffic scrapes on i A96 by 75%. Yon loons ch(2020)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
s back doon oan his ain bunk, scrapes his hair wi his haun, calms h on page 1

1 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
d against th' flair, goin awa scrapes bit ah wisnae concerned. A we
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
n goat hissel intae some awfy scrapes, on page 146

1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
y in common. Getting’ intae scrapes n’ that. ‘N ah widnae exp
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
a Clydesdale Bank caird an he scrapes a bit oot ay the wrap an sets
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
look fur fresh scrapes ur rabbit keech. Thur wis ple
1 matches

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