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The word 'clapped'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
clappedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.23020
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 12.7 5 4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 19.9 15 8
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of clapped in Corpus

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Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
rows to come, hid said, so he clapped her on page 20

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
yet On tap o't wi a thump He clapped a daud o suet The maist enorm on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
thegither. Ane hid its hauns clapped ower its lugs in an expressio
il'. The last ane's hauns war clapped ower its een, an it wis caad
2 matches

Mid Northern B

Ritchie, John Fishin in the Findhorn, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
wer and wi his big sticks and clapped it ower the lug. It wis deed!
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
We aa shook his haan an clapped him on the back, an Fergie Mc on page 55

1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Tales Fae The Doric Side - Kelpie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
oused his hauns files thunner clapped; on page 11

1 matches

Nicol, Paul Tales Fae The Doric Side - Her Hauns, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
nae as saft as fan she first clapped eyes on me, bit on page 24

1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
hit wid happen next, Hercules clapped his haun tae his sword. Insta on page 39

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
eese. Ken, see if they hudnae clapped? Ma heid's doon an unner ma a on page 1

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
rns an at the end the teacher clapped her haunds an telt the bairns
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
day fur we fushed it out an clapped it atwein wir hauns an it sta
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
dog thot it wis funny when ee clapped it - is it no the word pette (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s richt,” sayed Iqbal. “Clapped oot yins oot the gate, able-b
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Black Cuddy, (Scottish Book Trust 2019) Central, prose
ushie-doos are sayin. Sae she clapped him yince mair for luck, and on page 1
gied him the last carrot, and clapped his neck, and he pit his hot on page 4

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
on a chocolate river, and he clapped his hauns thegither and lauch on page 97
e crash, ma dear wummin,' and clapped her on the heid tae calm her on page 139

2 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
Kat smilin, 'Jist Doug.' She clapped Doug's heid an he wagged his on page 27

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
rst thing Kanga said when she clapped een on him wis, "Whit a guid on page 112
They aw clapped haunds. on page 156

2 matches

Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
they clapped and they laughed and the Hagg on page 35

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
BRAW AND SLEEKIT TOD' Awbody clapped and cheered. Then Mr Tod hims on page 77

1 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
He gied a bow and we aw clapped, on page 20

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
The bairns a' cheered an clapped on page 54

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
They said they'd never clapped een on the fellae, on page 123

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
suin ding her doon,” an she clapped her haunds tae summon her att
s chitterin sang. The goddess clapped her haunds tae her lugs, but
2 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
sappointed the first time she clapped her een oan his genitals ??(2020)

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