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Use in varieties of Scots

stoaps Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 9.3 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1918 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors8 7 1

Occurrences of stoaps in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
he past tense or usin glottal stoaps (like "unsettl't"), an apostr on page vi

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
arker says tae Dolly, when he stoaps laughin. on page 19
hem in the caravan but Angela stoaps her. on page 30

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ion. Everyboady in the boozer stoaps what their dain tae admire he on page 79
ah go tae gee her a kiss she stoaps me in ma tracks. "Before I co on page 84
e when ah first foond him. He stoaps tae lift his leg up and takes on page 153
that the carrot-topped cretin stoaps in front ae us and announces: on page 161
ation. He's pulled oot aw the stoaps fur his missus and that, ah g on page 166

5 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Gary stoaps his motor and turns his heid on page 59

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
swer. We dae as he asks an he stoaps again, openin the door, sligh
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
turns an catches his gaze. He stoaps drummin his haun an eyeballs
1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
The music stoaps. “I’m sorry. I didn’t u
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
McDade stoaps in his tracks, turnin roon, â
1 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
e wait tae mairrage afore she stoaps hidin she’s cliver.
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
ve when suddenly ma projector stoaps. STOAPS.
. STOAPS.

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ae offices until he suddenly stoaps half wey doon. Directin me in
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
racket comin fae the road and stoaps only occasionally tae take a
1 matches

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
tae yer lungs and she nivver stoaps gaen on aboot it tae me. 'Din on page 43

1 matches

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