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Use in varieties of Scots

skelped Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14 19 6 0 0 20.7 8.9
Number of occurrences4537 4 0 0 2 2
Number of authors23 16 4 2 2

Occurrences of skelped 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

Robertson, James Black Cuddy, (Scottish Book Trust 2019) Central, prose
said ye widna,' she grat. She skelped at her airm, but the cleg wis on page 3

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Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
is tail atween his shanks and skelped aff intae the bush. He wisna on page 19
him, Sepo and Tapiwa skelped awa aff tae the tither side o on page 52

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
y cunt. Mah boyfriend says he skelped the back ae mah wee boay's he on page 20

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
And skelped it wi her magic wand. on page 6
She skelped his dowp for hauf an oor on page 15

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
The day he swashed in and skelped his son on the back and roare on page 54

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ht Laura wid huv, cause Laura skelped her a dillion right across th on page 138

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
'She needs her dowper skelped,' said Grannie Geordietta. on page 31
ere we gang!' He Awbody ready skelped aff rapidly doon the loabby w on page 71

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Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
I daundert on up the road. I skelped through the neebur's sprinkle on page 27

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
ns routinely had the language skelped oot o them in the clessroom. on page 8

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
e tae tell the ithers' And he skelped aff in his heidbummery wey. on page 72
d thank ye, Wee Grumphie,' he skelped aff. on page 135
He skelped awa, and syne stood ticht And on page 139

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
They aw skelped ower tae the chookies' drinki on page 40
id. 'I've done it again! I've skelped it spang on the neb! Richt on on page 51
ir jaurs o cider and awa they skelped. Mr Tod wis in front, then ca on page 72

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
a wanner, he reached doon and skelped Klaus richt across the face. on page 54
se on his face whaur Olaf had skelped him, "we cannae stey here ony on page 58
"He skelped Klaus across the face. See th on page 63
Clang! The grapplin hook skelped against the touer and fell do on page 120

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Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Gran skelped her wi her brolly, sayin on page 27

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Dornan, Stephen Eemis Stane 1 - Lees an Crams, or Ossian on the Death of Cuchullin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
An he skelped his spear aff his shield in i on page 22

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
s. He'd been clawed by lions, skelped by snakes, tellt aff by gods, on page 53

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Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
big as watterwheels came and skelped awa wi the princess. The auld on page 43

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Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
Then... somethin skelped the fish. on page 78

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
in he'd juist thocht it up an skelped it doun. That's a shair sign on page 121

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Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
o ony o that on the A7 as it skelped its wey alang through Teviotd
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
been crowned wae a boattle or skelped wae a hauf brick oer the year
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
somethin’cheeky Thur mither skelped thur erses sair An’ sent th
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Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
The laddie oped his een as he skelped throu space at six hunnert mi
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Wallace, Lorna A Scot’s Lament fur her American Fellows (Oan their election of a tangerine gabshite walloper)., (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2016) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
A skelped backside.
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@rattlecans tweeted
uppose that'll be you getting skelped aboot the hoose the night aga (2022) twitter link

@MizLiot tweeted
is tae avoid getting his erse skelped an shown up for being washed (2021) twitter link
did I listen? Naw, an I got a skelped bahookie (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
a funeral. Ye'v a face like a skelped erse." on page 12

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
Mony a time mi mither had skelped mi dock for bein impident, an
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Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
s, “That quine needs a good skelped airse.” An he chases ye roo
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@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
chyty three wiz ‘e year , We skelped Madrids arse!(2018) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Jist then hur heid skelped agin th roof o th hall: in fa on page 16

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@StuartPoet tweeted
hey were baith discouraged or skelped oot a wheen o Scots weans no (2020) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
A skelped on intae tha dairkness, on page 23

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@the_gellick tweeted
UlsterScots spakers would hae skelped an apostrophe in thon. Aa the (2014) twitter link

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