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The word 'limp'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
limpOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.12017
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 3
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
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)

Occurrences of limp in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
at the bunch o feathers lyan limp and lifeless there. on page 13
plastic poke, aal shrivelled, limp and deid. on page 30
I wis drippan wi swaet and as limp as a cloot. Completely exhaus on page 72
ah'm sorry tae say ~ ah'm as limp as a cloot bi the end o the d on page 75

4 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
owe his street, wi his infant limp on page 46

1 matches

Williamson, Christie Pre nuptial, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, poetry
his airly limp fur.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
n Daisy's een. The horse gied limp like a sack o burst grain. Th
1 matches

General Northern

@beast_afc tweeted
n and Marshall jump was a bit limp. Get ploughed through em next(2020)

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"Thon limp is awfie bad. on page 6

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
in we couldnae hear an make a limp wristet haun gesture. on page 169

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Wi' phrases bold, no' limp an' tame,
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
His haun, which had been lyin limp athort his breist, claucht he
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
’s still cairyin a bit ae a limp efter that hidin he goat fae
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
Disco's airm goes limp and ah pin it doon. on page 14

1 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
use when he did he grew a bad limp as if the door frame shot las on page 38

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
r conscience an that's no me. Limp. I cannae juist go 'ae bed so on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
Klaus felt his hale body gang limp as the hook-haundit mannie le on page 91

1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
ower Scotland - walkin wi a limp or impediment.(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
Strike (Tom Burke) forgot tae limp when he wis fleein fae Charlo(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
l. That second guy (efter the limp biscuit fae the castle) wis f (2022) twitter link

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