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The word 'tops'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
topsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus62016
ORK - Orkney 49.7 5 3
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 9.8 4 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 tops in Corpus

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Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Halter neck tops and platform shoes. on page 42
yi'd find me in blue strippid tops on page 100

3 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
on tops o wardrobes; under stairs. on page 93

1 matches

Hershaw, William Seivin Verses for GMB, (Scottish Poetry Library 2015) Orkney, poetry
Fishermen wi lap tops,
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
he found till be nothin but e tops o e trees under wheech she he on page 50

1 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Tops aff!! Lovely sunny day aat Cr(2019)

Aberdeen

Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2022) Doric - Aberdeen
bakes, buns an' baps they're tops

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
bakes, buns an' baps they're tops
1 matches

General Northern

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
fae Bros an Grolsch bottle tops on yer docs, on page 34

1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
hreuder92 ?? nah lighting was tops. Wee bit o glare aff the auld(2020)

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Haa wis left wi his favourite tops an a grand cheer went up. Dav on page 94

1 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
œJosie, noo I reckon she even tops Senga on the disingenuous fro
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
hat drink non alcoholic lager tops lol (2021) twitter link
n his hair doon efter a lager tops lol (2020) twitter link

General Central

McNulty, Victoria Hame, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
I’d bawl it fae the roof tops
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
Should take us aboot 15 mins tops tae get there... ?? (2023) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
tables, covered o'er wi glass tops. She never hurried me. That w (2022) twitter link

@LowEndJardo tweeted
r been n aw ma retro football tops finally fit me so silver lini (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
he funnd tae b' nithin but th tops o th trees under which she he on page 51

1 matches

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