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The word 'hirple'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hirpleOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.91311
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 2 2
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
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) 204.9 4 2
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of hirple in Corpus

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Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
an tholed his hirple on page 143

1 matches

Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
lamalaeg body at can haardly hirple atween da bed an fire.
1 matches

Aberdeen

Abel, Charlie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
trip wis "Don Carlos", bit ma hirple's awa noo. on page 25

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
dae ma spine ony gweed, an Ah hirple aboot on twa sticks the day. on page 12

1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Needs a crutch tae hirple up and doon. on page 72

1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
berkin like a dug ~ an unco hirple an aa, on page 36

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ceitizens. Dae y'se want tae hirple alang or div y'se want tae ha on page 121

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
Aye it's a sair fecht. Dinnae hirple owremuch or it'll gowp even m(2020)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
We dander hame, or hirple aff on page 35
May hirple aff its ain wee way. on page 40

2 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
awee an then sayed, “A can hirple tha best oan ma cruik but A b
rred wuid whun tha oul wumman hirple’t up tae him.
2 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

@Angelinekking tweeted
Hirple - my word of the day. The li(2020)