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The word 'wrappin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wrappinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.71915
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
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 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 2
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) 31.4 1 1
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 wrappin in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
n, peeled awa da coarner a da wrappin paper. Shü gaspit as shü sa on page 24
ticed a new envelope among da wrappin paper. Shü oppened it ta fin on page 25

2 matches

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
l tae flite on an elf dat wis wrappin a shocolate Santie skew-wheef
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
I do lik da feelin I get fae wrappin up da presents for folk.(2013)

Aberdeen

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
Wrappin' crockery in newspaper
1 matches

General Northern

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
an peel back the corner o the wrappin paper. "Wow! Cheers, Mabel.' on page 97

1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
@Kimmycricket I stopped wrappin’ years ago n noo stick in gi(2018)

(South) East Central

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
ck stertit tae teir the broon wrappin-paper frae aff o't, whitiver on page 86

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ir?? An haudin up the ootside wrappin o the tin that had somehou go on page 73

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
wrappin itsel up awfy carefully, sayi on page 32

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
feel safety, the warmth ay it wrappin roon the weedy mandolin lit a on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Wrappin the rope roon the bunch ay co
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
back a dottie bit o the paper wrappin at yin corner tae shaw a fott on page 7
hidden unnerneath the ordinar wrappin paper five ordinar bars o cho on page 24
ive open yin wee corner o the wrappin paper. on page 34

3 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
PeterStefanovi2 @BorisJohnson Wrappin their airms aroond the throat(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ince: yin auld Magpie sterted wrappin itsel up awfy carefully, rema on page 30

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
awa, yin oul Magpie Stairtet wrappin itsel up wile cairfully, sayi on page 31

1 matches

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