Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'clippin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

clippin	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	3.7	12	9
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	11.6	2	2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	6.5	2	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	2.5	1	1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	4.6	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire	39.3	3	1
LAL - General Central	2.7	2	2
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 clippin 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.

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
"Dy hair is needin clippin," said da Hat-makker. He wis on page 69

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
e fur gien dem a haand wi dir clippin. on page 91

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
tracht face. "Ah'll easy keep clippin yer hair - nae bother. Bit l on page 11

1 matches

Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2021) Doric - Fraserburgh
Clippin the girse on the village gree

General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
afore clippin a wheen o ither weers onta th
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ey near stole the shaw at the clippin an slauchter scene. They yais
1 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
g happened. An auld newspaper clippin fell oantae the flair. Ah sta on page 7

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
fail-dyke anent the cothous; clippin the yowes in June an cairdin on page 55
pin auld Wull Campbell wi his clippin at Wellwood.* Then tae her su on page 68
neibours, an we can share the clippin, plouin an hairst, an help oo on page 77

3 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ng happens. An auld newspaper clippin falls oantae the Pair. Ah sta on page 30

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Shø haes a cloot clippin tongue on page 35

1 matches