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The word 'pap'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
papOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62214
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 2
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 6
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) 58.1 1 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 pap in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ie hes the skeills. Ying fowk pap
d hiz waiknes. He brizzed the pap on a kistie machine an
2 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
e a severed heid oan a stake. Pap oan a fake beard and it’d b
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
e a severed heid oan a stake. Pap oan a fake beard and it’d b
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
d strang. The Trunchbull will pap onythin aboot jist tae keep h on page 104
It wisnae fair! How daur she pap her oot the schuil fur someth on page 158
'Miss Trunchbull isnae gonnae pap me oot the schuil, is she?' M on page 165

3 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
elp ma Boab Thur tryin’ tae pap me oot e’ a joab Doon et th
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
lookin like a full-on pap. on page 45

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
Up we gang!’ ontil at lest, pap! hiz snout cam out intil the
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
up wae a dustpan an brush an pap it aw in the bin, ben the kit on page 9

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
poun' fir a boattie a' wa'er, pap 'eh hair in'ae a ponyta | an on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e? Nae cunt’s goane come an pap us oot ur they?’ Pearcey sa
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
up wae a dustpan an brush an pap it aw in the bin, ben the kit
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
PAP on page 23

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
d richt up on end and yer een pap oot o yer heid...' on page 10
Grannie,' he said, 'and I'll pap it in.' on page 39

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
loun, Young Wullie Syme, wad pap in an oot at orra times. Sae on page 65

1 matches

McGibbon, Joe Lallans 74 - Draps o Sapie-Bubble, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
drift an pap, aft-times oan the pynt o a n
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
pap intae a
1 matches

MacMinto, Gregor The Rhythms of Bratislava, (wordpress 2022) Central, blog
ts o the ceetie wis mimin tae pap sangs fur a TV shaw cried Ryt
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
e Inbye us scuddin. Frae Jura pap tae Alpine tap In Slupsk tha on page 59

1 matches

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