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Use in varieties of Scots

slips Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.7 12.1 4.5 29.8 23.2 31 4.4
Number of occurrences3824 3 3 4 3 1
Number of authors25 16 2 2 3 1 1

Occurrences of slips in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
window, an watch, as her life slips by. on page 20
by the slap, the sleekit fox slips through the dyke, on page 25

2 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
r an greets me wi a cuddle an slips suhin intae mah handbag; a pa on page 24

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
it nods his heid. Bends ower. Slips his fingurs in the tap ae his on page 1

2 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
bettin slips tore up, chucked on page 71

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
she staps, slips aff the kilt, and stauns stil on page 93

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
his ain he lowsit the bar and slips inbye tae gloat ower slumberi on page 14

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
e school, is at the puggy. He slips another pound coin in the slo on page 23

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
t up tae the end, a dark hing slips oot. Somethin fae years back. on page 3

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
zen or so scrunched up bettin slips. Clearly, wae the condition a on page 35
aith hud on taegether tae wir slips as the hing begins pullin awe on page 42

2 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
Too late. Mah da slips in mah sick an goes heid over on page 3

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The ship slips anchor in the Firth o Clyde, on page 19
When a wummin slips her left side unner ma richt, on page 115
ise in greetin owre rejection slips! on page 139

3 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
s its liquid metal bluid that slips sae fast on page 15

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
s, thay willna flag 'Soothron slips', as that is thair defaut lan on page 40

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
oat he taks a signet-ring, an slips it on his on page 35

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
The ship slips anchor in the Firth o Clyde,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
in but the bastarn wheelbarra slips away fae me.
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
hiz quickened hiz stride. He slips hiz hauns intae black leather
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
at times illustration quality slips an some o the mair intricate
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
The photie slips fae ma lap an lans wi a dull on page 22

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
as he slips his on page 55
an her flesh infinitesimally slips on page 60

2 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Thoo slips thee peedie hand in mine - on page 27

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
“een” slips tae “one” sheu comes quie
1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
be konshis o the sweechis an slips ye mak is tae git afil ankshi
1 matches

Shetland

Mundair, Raman Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
buit slips idda djulp on page 10

2 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
A hjook slips his grip, on page 27

1 matches

Williamson, Christie Böd, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, poetry
slips, da tilly lamp pleepses
1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Ma star its wanes, it slips frae view on page 16
Yer grandeur slips, it a' but fades on page 22
Another year slips past on page 54

3 matches

Ulster

Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
Noo life slips by for all o’ is, gye quick
1 matches

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