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The word 'shapit'
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Use in varieties of Scots shapit Occurrences normalised per million words Occurrences Authors
Dialect map - Usage over time
Total Corpus 7.1 23 18 ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
23.2
4
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
488.3
3
1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
4.4
1
1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
12.7
5
5
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
12.5
2
1
GLA - Glasgow
4.6
1
1
AYR - Ayrshire
13.1
1
1
LAL - General Central
1.3
1
1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
27.8
2
2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
88.3
1
1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
32.8
1
1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)
Occurrences of shapit 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.
Shetland
Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand , (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
o effort, for hit wis a wheer- shapit peerie craiter an höld oot i on page 62
ers kerryin clubs; dey wir aa shapit laek da tree gairdeners, oblo on page 80
2 matches
De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar , (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
shapit mi mooth, on page 26
1 matches
De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Wirds cam, took owre, shapit on page 19
1 matches
Mid Northern A
Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament , (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
aily Speerit cam doon upo him shapit lik a doo. An a vice cam doon on page 84
1 matches
South Northern
Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems , (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
afore we shapit air.
ill- shapit , a kinna freak
ill- shapit , wi a muckle kist.
3 matches
General Northern
McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen , (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
white rump an lyre- shapit tail fedders tae tice the hen
1 matches
(South) East Central
Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration , (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
as Mr Gowanlock duntit q cube- shapit paircel doon ontae his desk, on page 86
1 matches
Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird , (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
r his sangs an stories, as he shapit claes for them.
1 matches
Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair , (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
it wis left o a man. It wisna shapit in the ornar wey aither, but
1 matches
Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid , (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
emple: its modren grammar wis shapit in 1812 bi philologist Šime
1 matches
McLachlan, Jack Glessheids maun wale guid neebors tae thole the dreich Scottish climate , (University of Maine 2019) Central - Ceres, prose
ess agin the cauld wis indeed shapit bi baith climate an community
1 matches
Edinburgh
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences , (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e wis Mornin Sunshine. Raggle shapit sunrays wi his crossed hauns.
screen. He gaed hemm. A roon- shapit tent at the faur left. He spi
2 matches
Glasgow
Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity , (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
if ye seem tae hae an ootlin- shapit bouk on page 14
1 matches
Ayrshire
Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland , (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
cairryin clubs; they were aa shapit like the three gairdners, fla on page 44
1 matches
General Central
Facebook link ( 2021) Central
is deid it aw went a bit pear shapit again, religion included.
South West (Galloway)
Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn , (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
as he shapit the hot ir'n on page 21
1 matches
McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin , (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
this gem o basalt shapit on page 77
1 matches
Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
Fenton, James The Lade , (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
hochts, sheddas yit, ra, half- shapit , wur joinin, roon thontim tae
1 matches
East Antrim (Larne)
King, Angeline Weans o Latharna , (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
oss the ebb toward the pencil- shapit Chaine Memorial Tower an ah p
1 matches