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Use in varieties of Scots

dip Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.8 5.6 10.5 19.9 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences2211 7 2 0 1 1
Number of authors21 10 7 2 1 1

Occurrences of dip in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
dip dips her reid paintit finnger on page 6

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
onny zigzag, an wis aboot tae dip it in amang the leaves, that on page 44

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ver enunciatin. The sentences dip halfway, raw with adrenaline. on page 3

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
middle-class cunt wantin tae dip his taes intae oor world. on page 41

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
An bocht masel a Lucky Dip! on page 146

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Ah dip a fanger intrae the silver ho on page 112

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
fascinatin documents jist to dip intae for tantalisin insichts on page 21

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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
appear fae oer the brow ay a dip in the path kitted oot in aw
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@DABArbuckle tweeted
rs placed aboot a fit apairt. Dip doon atween them daein yer pr(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
awe - even tho eeve yet tae dip ur erse in the watter lol (2021) twitter link
onnReynolds that u gaun fir a dip brother! (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
ck, though fyles ye can get a dip in the ocean. But of coorse t on page 44

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Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
shimmerin blae lochan ye can dip yer taes in o. A short dander on page 37

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
sweet kyn o loaf that ye can dip intae yer drink if ye sae ple on page 4

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Wheeler, Leslie Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, weans
arena, Cha Cha an Mississippi dip on page 13

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Gless his teen a fer bit o a dip,
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Diansangu, Mae Doric, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
tae spik it, is tae dip yer tongue in a fresh
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
'm awa for a sweem in i sheep dip.(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
chickens got an early morneen dip on page 14

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Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a summer dip. on page 58

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Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
i the tin lids, o empie sheep dip pails, tae keep the weet oot.
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Ulster

Warwick, Matthew Tha Feardie Geng hae tae bide at hame, (Sensory Attachment Centre 2020) Ulster - Ballymena, weans
r fing’rs in tha saip, then dip thaim in til tha watter.
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