A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

nap Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.6 5.1 6 9.9 0 31 0
Number of occurrences1810 4 1 0 3 0
Number of authors14 8 3 1 2

Occurrences of nap in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
ht, my freins - ye'd tak the nap on page 50

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
blastit aff a musket shot hap-nap, on page 51

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
yin or fechtin, for takin the nap o freins, faes, anither scuil on page 129

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
auld weather we war happit in nap coats agin the snell winds, b
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah go fur a nap. Usually that settles me when
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
keep you from your afternoon nap.” She leant forrit. “I'll
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@jax6754 tweeted
s o insomnia! Time fir a/noon nap? xxx(2014) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
its bawbaws for a protractit nap. juist sayin. abody.(2020) search twitter
a long time out then a longer nap.(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
woke up fae ma daily chilloot nap lol aye the poor laddie willn (2021) twitter link

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
nap, so a settlet masel fur yin a
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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
een and her knittin, wi a wee nap every noo and then.
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@fittiecrooners tweeted
t is far I used tae hae a wee nap efter a night on the tiles at(2018) search twitter
ts due tae his fondness fer a nap! Well done. Can I get(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
e wife were haean a lunchtime nap on page 56

1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Eflir denner – ae short nap.
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Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Eftir denner – ae short nap:
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@Woodwinecoolers tweeted
the same Norman. Mage the odd nap through the dark wee hours ?? (2022) twitter link

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