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The word 'kip'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
kipOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.13720
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B 111.9 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 43.8 17 3
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
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) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of kip in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
rate rooms but am sure we can kip in one of our beds ih gither
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
k, haugh, bin, corrie, sgurr, kip, tap, top, howe, knowe, loch, (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
Meandering tae mah kip...will hopefully sleep easy.. (2022) twitter link

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
t naething mair than a decent kip.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
fs slapped oan. Station fur a kip an coort fur breakfast. Thur' on page 1

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
when the sun is at the south kip, the kye rowting on the loan,
1 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
as he frowned in attempt tae kip. In th' wey his lang fingers
h escaped me as ah waited fur kip tae tak' me. Mah tummy wis a
h turned aroond on mah wooden kip causing an abnormal amount o'
nally ah felt th' presence o' kip slowly come; mah een became h
hin tae be deedly silent. Mah kip wis silent, it didnae mak' a
15 matches

West Central

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
n. Ma maw an da were in their kip an ah wis supposed tae be asl
me three oors tae get a bit o kip, but ah couldnae help but wun
different. Ah woke up from ma kip tae realise ah didnae hiv a b
3 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
pin as yin aboot loassin thir kip,
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
rowed ilka chute intae a roch kip, wund the lines roon it, an s
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
t ah suppose if he's hivvin a kip he'll no be bothert." on page 66

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
gie.' An off she goes tae her kip. Ah should get the heid doon on page 17

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
neously. ‘Where ur we gonae kip then? Ah brought a sleepin ba
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Well. Hiv a good kip son.
1 matches

General Central

@g_hibby tweeted
the New Year in, and intae ma kip.. Enjoy yer evening A.. Chill (2022) twitter link
See the bells, then intae ma kip... Have a guid Hogmanay MG.. (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
ostit, it's time Ah wis in ma kip. Nanicht x(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ur sister; "Here, whit a lang kip ee've hed!" on page 122

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
arin aff it's near time fir a kip. on page 44

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
tae the digs and see if A kin kip anither nicht and try again t
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
e ir wullin, wud ye tak thïs kip o sufferin awa frae me? Aa th on page 107

1 matches

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