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The word 'slappin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
slappinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7128
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 21.7 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 slappin in Corpus

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Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Frisk Waatir Troot, (Shetland For Wirds 2007) Shetland, poetry
slappin at da syd.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
weel at I did, en," he said, slappin a wee squarie © paper doon on page 26

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n doon he gid, his flip-flops slappin against the steen steps. on page 12

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
the claws o an auld haimmer, slappin the loons on the back, tellin
1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
led. Doon at the pub, the men slappin his back: no a bad lad, Hughi on page 39
Davie wis surroundit by fowk slappin him oan the back an shakin hi on page 94

2 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
rabbin at his chest then he's slappin at himself. The cunt's huvin on page 30

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
Ah cin hear his big fat feet slappin at the pavement as he comes f on page 176

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
uckin belter!’ McDade sais, slappin ma back an puttin his airm ro
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
intae a frenzy ay blood lust, slappin it aboot the face, rilin it u
1 matches

General Central

Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 83 - Born Hamelt, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Michty! noo she's slappin pooder an pent on page 78

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
lik a linty, wavin his hauns, slappin the windaes, till twae folk o
1 matches

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