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The word 'flip'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
flipOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.21412
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 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 10 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of flip in Corpus

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
hey scowl at me, drop a turd, flip(2020)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
wid gie a hale new meanin te flip-flops," leuch Morrice. "An Ah on page 44

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n't it?" Joyce kickit aff her flip-flops an wiggilt her taes. "I on page 10
m - doon an doon he gid, his flip-flops slappin against the ste on page 12

2 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
of me big time - but on the flip side a hope both yersel n rya (2020) twitter link

West Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
Argh....!" Ah feel ma stomach flip, ma bladder release e'er sae on page 13

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
nt an wrote them aw up on the flip chart. on page 128

1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
t on them. Bare feet. No even flip flops. Bare feet on the pavem
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
under, an said tae the Knave "Flip them aer!" on page 80

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
By Imbolc wir flip-floppin on page 43

1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
f we turn the tape backwards, flip it on its heid, on page 32

1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
ind the goal! Whit aboot that flip! ??. ????????. ??. ????????. (2019)

East Antrim (Larne)

@Angelinekking tweeted
@cbiggerpicture @StuartPoet Flip I heard that every night of m(2020)

General Ulster

HRConnect Candidate Wittens Beuklet, (Northern Ireland Executive 2025) Ulster, government
ants can bring ready tae uise flip chairt paiper an'/ir on page 8

1 matches

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