Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'slipped'

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Use in varieties of Scots

slipped	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	13.9	46	27
ORK - Orkney	59.6	6	2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	105.5	3	1
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	13.3	3	2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	18	7	5
WCE - West Central	17.8	4	3
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	30.1	6	4
AYR - Ayrshire	32	3	1
LAL - General Central	7.9	6	5
SEA - South East (Borders)	24.2	2	2
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)	32.8	1	1
GUL - General Ulster	28.4	1	1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of slipped 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

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Hid slipped in through the letterbox and on page 9
We slipped aff wir breeks and wir stocke on page 61
And I slipped oot while Bella snored on in on page 71
l eyes wir fixed upon me as I slipped intae the pew, Then, aff tae on page 73
Cooncil? That's a laugh. - "Slipped and fell on icy path? on page 75

5 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
n on the pavement. Dumbledore slipped the Pit-Ooter back inside his
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
As she sade at words her foot slipped, an in anither meenad, splash on page 19
at id wis only a moose at hed slipped in lek hersel. on page 20
h wi strings: intill iss they slipped e guinea-peeg, heid first, an on page 109

3 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
somethin like that, fan Abbie slipped an fell back ontae the settee
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Ronald slipped an fell tae the grun, the lum
Mony a car his slipped ower the dyke,
2 matches

TheChielMeister Nae mince in Moray, (youtube.com 2008) Doric, poetry
Slipped oan the path, a' ah cud dee w
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
er an rocher. Several times I slipped inti tre burns. Nick, though, on page 77

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
But first things first. He slipped the bonbons intae his pocket on page 41

1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
As quietly as she could, she slipped back intae the hoose and inta
mmed ower the back fence, and slipped intae the grassland beyond.
2 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
h' floorboard awa' 'n' slowly slipped unnoticed, up intae th' bedro
satisfaction. It ne'er wance slipped even as mah coupon faded awa'
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
he cctv tho - n c whaes been slipped intae the game oan the quiet (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t me lik ah wis somethin that slipped aff her shoe. Kirsty, she sai on page 50
didnae mean tae it jist kinda slipped oot. Evrubdy roon aboot must' on page 89

2 matches

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
hat much gaun on, it must hae slipped richt oot o their heids. Weel
1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
turnt, left the room, slipped , fell forward. Her phone went
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
slipped up, on page 40

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
As she said this her fit slipped, an, afore she knew it, splas on page 20
ot it wis only a moose that'd slipped in like hersel. on page 21

2 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
resonator guitar's tuning''s slipped oan the bottom strings, nae b on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
oan, did he no say? Must’ve slipped his mind. Anywaiy, ah’ve no
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
ke the tea, Da,' ah said, and slipped oot.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ngs hud played oot, must’ve slipped ma mind tae gie him. Funny, t
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
s pownie as weel, but when he slipped its girth-strap an drappr the on page 34
rtly ahint the auld man as he slipped ben the hous. on page 52
areweel tae their Daddy.' She slipped tae ae side an let the twa la on page 76

3 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
on tune, but it had lang syne slipped oot ma heid. Last nicht, but, on page 6

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
pup. I kent it was him and I slipped frae under the blanket I shar on page 3

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ome poison at the mairket and slipped it intae the puttanesca sauce on page 51

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
He's hairmless nou, he's slipped his cheans. on page 35

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ot he kent wis there as James slipped on the bridle an placed the b on page 17

1 matches

@ionafyfe tweeted
Reminded o the time I slipped a Bothy Ballad in Doric-Scots(2020)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
In their escape, the stone it slipped on page 28

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
s she said thae words hur fit slipped, an in anither saicint, splas on page 19

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
slipped intae lang anecdotage on page 52

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
hed an flettened as if he had slipped intae sleep frae standin. on page 12

1 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Fur fear A slipped an fell through!! on page 58

1 matches