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The word 'tapped'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tappedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus62014
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
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 12.9 5 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 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) 131.3 4 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of tapped in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Hid tapped till the gless nearly shatter on page 16

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Harper, Norman Stronach: A Weekly Look at Life in the Fictional North-East Village, (The Press and Journal 2000) Doric, newspaper
omething adee wi him." Erchie tapped his temple. "The man's nae hi
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
s a muckle box o marshmallows tapped wi a rosette that read “Flo
1 matches

(South) East Central

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
dae is practise, safely' She tapped the notebook. 'Write yer stor on page 7

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
'Whit oot-tapped the forest Ligs here, stane-d on page 25

1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
these auld rusty railings is tapped wae a nasty-looking spike. Ah
1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Scottish Faust: Poems and Ballads of Eldritch Lore, (Kettillonia 2004) Central, poetry
They form a dyke that's tapped wi airn railins
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
e these auld rusty railins is tapped wae a nasty-lookin spike, oka
1 matches

West Central

Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Chrysanths, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
tapped bi muckle heids
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ok'n a bit ay a rollie that I tapped last night. It gies iz a plac on page 3

2 matches

Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
be wur interrupted when Jonny tapped him oan the shooder.
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
as weel. He reached ower and tapped Violet on the airm, snappin h on page 5

1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
orking for MI5 ?? is ma phone tapped ??(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
legs sloshing unner full bits tapped wi me, on page 39

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Sae she tapped on an icon, tha yin wi tha sk on page 11

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ed roon, an Leonard winked an tapped the roof o the motor. "She's on page 2
fur prayer, but the minister tapped his chin wi his clesped foref on page 40

2 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
Ah sut in the copper-tapped shelter in silence while Jenn
ae sit in silence in a copper-tapped shelter withoot stories birli
2 matches

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