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The word 'grasp'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
graspOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.92920
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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 2
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 3
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 25 4 3
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 176.7 2 1
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 grasp in Corpus

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Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
tae geng oot? Why do fokk no grasp dat dis is da only wye tae st(2021)

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
a last grasp afore ye on page 22

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
a third bein made in yer grasp on page 14

1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
tae haud an files your grasp'll be mair siccar on page 27
grasp haud o onythin bit that it's on page 10
the land be tint fae oot oor grasp, on page 29

3 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
cht o been compromised by his grasp on the issue an its probable
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
ting, no counter points, poor grasp of the situation including th (2021) twitter link
wid love Scottish Labour tae grasp the narrative on independence (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
He slackened aff his deidly grasp on page 24

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
fuckin voice, you goat a gid grasp ae English!" on page 162

1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
tful Scotland that’s in oor grasp. Through livin an lovin oor l
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Tae help her grasp some truth beyond her reach, on page 19
the profound pynt we aa could grasp? on page 139

2 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
lifetime’s opportunity tae grasp oor freedom wi’ oor ain han
1 matches

@MizLiot tweeted
en it’s difficult fir ye tae grasp, but I didnae wance say onyth (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
iz paying enough attention to grasp whit ah wiz saying but nae di
of some important law persons grasp and ingested it quick, digest
2 matches

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
e lesson in acceptin whitever grasp o the leid ye hae.
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
tae shak hersel free fae his grasp. “Lat me be! Quhit is thoo
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
cepts kin be fuckin haurd tae grasp on page 105
It will grasp at yer soul. on page 138

2 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Tae help her grasp some truth ayont her reach,
1 matches

General Central

Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
ind hoo ma faither had a braw grasp o the Scots leid, but he rare
1 matches

@rattlecans tweeted
dine Folk hiv tae wake up and grasp the fact that when their poli (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Come haud ma haun, come grasp it ticht on page 16
Encroaching brambles grasp yer tyres on page 34

2 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Bot growed til grasp their pain on page 38
Then grasp mae bearded stubborn prize on page 45

2 matches

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