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Use in varieties of Scots

tappin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.5 8.7 6 9.9 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences2417 4 1 0 0 2
Number of authors21 15 3 1 2

Occurrences of tappin in Corpus

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Central

Robson, Frances Lallans 82 - The Locomotive, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
t-a-tat, rat-a-tat, rat-a-tat tappin, on page 30

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
er pluggin in some details an tappin an swiping fur ages, Parker h on page 19

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
h MSN n an army ae wee thumbs tappin madly at mobile phone buttons on page 18

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
or. And ah ken wae the gentle tappin ae the letterboax, it's goate on page 83

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Eh've been tappin inta ah thi on page 38

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
iddle tunes that set yer taes tappin; it micht be a sang that maks on page 56

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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
sit an tak notes,' said Doug, tappin the end o his pawphone tae te on page 19

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Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
ou wir stairters - he's teep-tappin an smilin at his phone. No e' on page 4

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
nt fae punchin ma ribcage tae tappin against it. on page 54

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Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
black an herry. Its wee taes tappin acroass the flerr. “Ah warn
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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e bloody Hamilton?’ he sais tappin his temple an snortin a line,
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
there wae his floppy fringe, tappin his fingers oan the steerin w
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Yes. Quite.’ he sais, tappin his keyboard. ‘and what sor
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ernational language o his fit-tappin music for his warld-wide audi
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
i North-Aist Fife, presumably tappin intae the aince (an, seeminly
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Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Like be tappin' tonnes of money
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@MizLiot tweeted
ismwat1 Nah, they jist see ye tappin awa in Scots an they hae tae (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Saadust..." jokit Sandy, tappin his broo, "...an smaa shavins on page 31
here," said Susie, smilin an tappin her broo. on page 72

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
re Belgian. The maist popular tappin in Belgium is mayonnaise, but on page 14

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@FaeFoggie tweeted
esidedon Got! Aye gets i taes tappin' https://t.co/quPjDUAiPn(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
p o tea, bit hid gets me feet tappin an if truth be telt I fair en on page 48

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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Is the tay on?" akst Leonard, tappin the taypot wi his finger an u on page 12

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Cartmill, Claire Three score years an ten, (Ballymoney and Moyle Times 2014) Ulster, newspaper
‘Twas great tae hear the tappin feet, an the rattlin o the he
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