A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'rop'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ropOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.176
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 2
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
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 rop in Corpus

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Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
alongside a creel rop, on page 149

1 matches

Shetland

Laurenson, Hannah Lisa Da Maa's Eggs, (Hands Up For Trad 2019) Shetland, prose
at da tap makkin sure da tick rop bided on da stein. Tinkin abo
ert drapping job becise if da rop faaed aff or snaped in twa de
2 matches

Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
in my fis. Men wis nyiggin at rop, desperately tryin tae haad d
1 matches

Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
da spar. He wippit hit up we rop an, feelin relieved an braaly
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
And haurd wi a rop; his witnessmen on page 125

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Here, Bill! Catch howld o iss rop-Will e roof bear?-Mind at loo on page 36

1 matches

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