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The word 'coupit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
coupitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.81612
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.8 3 1
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 coupit in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Coupit on page 48

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
buther. So troo tae ma wurd a coupit ma car onna er syde, an teen on page 65

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e Ah cud use?" He steed up an coupit is lager. on page 56

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Sanners Gow's Tales and Folklore of the Buchan - The Clootie Dummmplin!, (Ayton Publishing 2017 ISBN: 978-1910601419) Doric - Banffshire, prose
se an a bit o a stotter Jocky coupit the barra an skailed the kale
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
ction past Blairdaff Kirk and coupit richt ower i hunnlebars. Felt(2019)
. Couldna see far a wis gaan, coupit ower summin and ma cock got s(2019)

General Northern

Reid, Adeline Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Clootie Duff, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Coupit in a sonsie bowel the makkins on page 20

1 matches

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
e her granmither's buiks. She coupit them intae an auld un-yeesed on page 23

1 matches

Bundy Broch The Doric Min, (YouTube 2020) Doric - Brouch, poetry
But as he swung his queet, he coupit and did fa’
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@JulieMcNeil66 Couple o them coupit this morning rescue mission t(2020)

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
skeitchin, coupit hiz creils immedantlie, gieâ€
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
it in the ice. Peter had been coupit fae his whalin boat the day a on page 44

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
a coupit yowe in a kelpit lea, on page 10
whaur coupit biggans gie nae kinna bield, on page 77

2 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Breenge, (Scottish Poetry Library 2016) Central, poetry
a coupit yowe in a kelpit lea,
1 matches

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