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The word 'papa'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
papaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62213
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 40.7 7 4
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.9 5 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
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)

Occurrences of papa 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.

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
dule oot the end o Aikeray: a Papa, monietoran micro-waith, the on page 143

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
- Oot biwast da Horn o Papa on page 31

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
ta Papa, an trowe da Nort Whilk on page 28

1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Sang Oda Post War Exiles, (Shetland For Wirds 2003) Shetland, poetry
Across da Soond o Papa
Across da Soond fae Papa.
Der nothin left I Papa.
I’m hed enyoch o Papa
4 matches

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Minni-Babbi, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, prose
Da fokk in Papa Stour wid laeve me be, but da
1 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
an the Mama's and Papa's on page 9

1 matches

(South) East Central

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
he got aff ma Granny Annie an Papa the week afore. on page 7

5 matches

West Central

Pennie, Len The year A shouldnae hae had, (tictok 2022) Central - Kilmarnock, poetry
but as papa would say if he seen me the d
1 matches

Glasgow

Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
, as telt tae me by Billy, ma Papa. It’s aw true except fur th
1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
but as Papa would say if he seen me the d on page 94

1 matches

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
Luiking for my auld Papa Cook waving tae me from the b(2019)

@Chazzbat tweeted
Ah cannae mind, as ma Papa wid tak me tae the library ev(2020)
Ma Gran & Papa. They deid 35 year ago, but A(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Chasin the Graf Spee were you papa?' on page 50

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
still on the go. My gran and papa Paterson lived in Emrys Ave.(2020)

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