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Use in varieties of Scots

hoops Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 7.7 3 0 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences1915 2 0 2 0 0
Number of authors12 9 2 1

Occurrences of hoops in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ir hauns an feet tae make the hoops. on page 81
ywey," thought Alice, "aw the hoops are on page 84
urally hid tae leave oaf bein hoops fir a meenit tae dae that, so on page 91

4 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
n both ears pierced wae gold hoops in. A'd say A'm gittin toward on page 9
op, there's the green n white hoops ae a Celtic fitbaw tap. She's on page 26

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
f in the famous rid and white hoops ae the mighty Leith Star. Tho on page 95

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ths an divin fur rubber hoola hoops. on page 12

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
s that liked tae jump through hoops. They were braw wee animals a on page 98

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
ths an divin fur rubber hoola hoops.
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
s no lang eftir seeing the “Hoops” being crooned champions o
1 matches

McNulty, Victoria Hame, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Jumping through Joab Centre hoops
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
he lits oot perfectly crafted hoops in the air. Slowly, but surel
1 matches

@changed_days tweeted
litre ginger bottle up their hoops, so an iPhone wida been nae t (2021) twitter link

@LowEndJardo tweeted
a hope every tin ae spaghetti hoops he ever eats fir the rest ae (2021) twitter link

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
ae tins o' ham, nor spaghetti hoops on page 150

1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
ic_Ally Donegal Celtic - wee hoops (2020) twitter link

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
wir hoops, aye seekin for dat meid o tr on page 48

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Gaet-markers, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
clood. Or, at sea, whan hoops draps
1 matches

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