Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'cuppa'

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Use in varieties of Scots

cuppa	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	6.3	21	13
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	10.5	1	1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	10.3	4	2
WCE - West Central	8.9	2	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	10	2	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	9.2	7	5
SEA - South East (Borders)	12.1	1	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)	13.9	1	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 cuppa in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
“Time for that cuppa now,” she says. “Moira, i
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
special mug tae steir ma fly cuppa! https://t.co/6lX9RI8ImN(2018)
piece, richt tasty wi ma fly cuppa! https://t.co/20JcJmJuoJ(2019)

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
t the Mariners' Mission for a cuppa. on page 38

1 matches

(South) East Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
the scullery tae mak us aw a cuppa. Ah didnae bespak o it, bit t on page 80

2 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
napper. Doris wis in having a cuppa , she telt me that the mither
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ywiss gied him a kitkat and a cuppa tae hae while watching the wr
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
erwards we stopped tae have a cuppa tea on the grass an the top a on page 163
wee staff member aw cause the cuppa coffee she bought wisnae tae on page 169

2 matches

Glasgow

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
cafes furra wee cuppa . Skoosh case.’
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
ice, dead ordinary, gied me a cuppa tea, showed me the meditation
1 matches

General Central

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
s sittin at the table havin a cuppa tea and a fag and when she lo
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
one BH... Then hame, feet up, cuppa in hand, and relax yersel'... (2022) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
@mrjakehumphrey Hae a nettle cuppa tea before bedtime next time (2014)
st buy a cake and hae another cuppa! xxx(2015)

@raiphsays tweeted
s a braw day noo. A huv a wee cuppa tee an am up in err traffic c(2020)
So iOS14! Makes ye a wee cuppa tee wile ye tweet an teechis (2020)

@rattlecans tweeted
s tae hiv nae cooked tea, nae cuppa when her cooker is aff the le (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
le Ma grannie luv that with a cuppa and some twa tabs! Three in a(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
We'll save it till oor cuppa. on page 152

1 matches