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The word 'grapes'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
grapesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62215
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 36.3 2 1

Occurrences of grapes in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
wan that sits and scoffs yer grapes, spittan pips aal ower the fl on page 83

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
SOOR GRAPES on page 15

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Ah'm nae sure fa trumpit the grapes or far oors cam fae - bit Ah on page 29

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
ken them bi their fruits. Can grapes be pickit fae a fun buss or f on page 15
gs fae thrissles, nor gaither grapes fae brammles. A gweed chiel g on page 90

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n expeckin, ere wis a hanfu o grapes an a fyow paper-thin craacker on page 30

1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
Dar Oma scug-gien vines thair grapes mair peerie nor the yins i th on page 3

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
Thanks fur the grapes an leemonade an fur comin in
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
n the palace cushions drappin grapes intae the sailors' mooths. Th on page 41

1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Soor Grapes on page 10

3 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
ye ken that A've niver liked grapes.
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
The Grapes o Wrath by John Steinbeck on page 12

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
thir wiz nae grapes or olives on page 120

1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
er breists be like clusters o grapes on page 16

1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
on (ye didni’ spot ony soor grapes there, did ye?). At aboot 1:3
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
bananaes, aipples, oaranges, grapes, pineaipples, strawberries, a on page 118

1 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
an went tae work treading the grapes
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ut the' dae. Daes fowk gether grapes frae a thoarn büsh, or fïgs on page 8
figs frae a thoarn büsh nor grapes frae a bleckberrie büsh. A g on page 80

2 matches

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