A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'shoap'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of shoap in Corpus

(South) East Central

Gilmour, Rosie Shoapaholic, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
A cud shoap tae a droap
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
like a fat bairn in a sweety shoap. Whereas when ah come oan sta
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ok oot ae place in a Sofology shoap windae. An image that unexpec
1 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
€™s ma aw time favourite chip-shoap dish
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
butcher's steak links fae the shoap oan Shettleston Road. on page 8

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ee post office, tae the craft shoap. Ma sisters birthday the day, on page 3

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
st o snuck oot tae the corner shoap. A packet o Space Raiders is on page 7

2 matches

Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
the zoo they passed a sweetie shoap.
shed aheid ae Billy intae the shoap. The inside ae the shoap wiz
. The inside ae the shoap wiz as colourful as the winda
on table in the middle ae the shoap that hid chocolates piled hig
two pals gallivanted oot the shoap an’ aff tae the zoo.
5 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n Daniel an away doon tae the shoap an get rolls, McGhee’s wans
When ah get back fae the shoap wae the rolls (they two arseh
2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
amble intae the fruit an veg shoap an the Co-Op fur their messag
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
rth. Every other flat bar the shoap, as he calls it, is boarded u
d vigour, he’s away tae the shoap tae get a kerry oot.
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Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah stumble oantae the shoap. Ghosts dinnae come cheap. Ah
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Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
aza or that but it’s a good shoap – decent pint.’ ah sais.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
tcher’s steak links fae the shoap oan Shettleston Road.
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
e The Bull and Gate. Good wee shoap. Wan ay they auld fashioned,
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
o chocolate piled high in the shoap windaes, and he wid stap and on page 6
in hunners o chocolate in the shoap windaes and watchin the ither on page 7
s could be onywhaur - in ony shoap in ony toun in ony country in on page 24
and run doon tae the nearest shoap and buy the first on page 42
ted movin towards the nearest shoap. It wis ainly ten paces awa . on page 50
Also on pages 51, 52, 108
10 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
ashy, fizzy cider ye buy in a shoap. It wis the real Mackay, a bu on page 64

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
saw a reflection o masel in a shoap windae and tried tae help it on page 4
'The best shoap oan Sauchiehall Street,' Mamm on page 54
st o ma life. A man in a pawn shoap windae wis eyein up ma coat. on page 55
hen ah'd money fur the corner shoap and the pictures. It wis a gr on page 77

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
rsels, me an Thomas, tae this shoap whir ye could get a penny's w on page 46

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Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
?’ or ‘Gonnae go doon the shoap for a boa’le o Chardonnay.â
e wad think on the Central ‘shoap’ an ‘boa’le’ as ‘Gl
˜oa’ soond in words like ‘shoap’ an ‘boa’le’ as a cha
ve register o Scots. The maks shoap, oan, gweed, flair, daid, fat
4 matches

McNulty, Victoria Hame, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Armadas out of Pound Shoap tractors
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@fairpechtoot tweeted
There'll be Scots aw ower the shoap! They'll be wantin a dictiona(2019)
t day oot it St Andrews. Gift shoap fur scunnert tourists. https:(2016)

@raiphsays tweeted
:D hunners a hings in ma wee shoap! https://t.co/KRAZkmR1cd http(2020)
hi A design in ma spreadshirt Shoap! Spreadshirt is a print tae o(2020)
Heera a wee link tae it in ma shoap! :D https://t.co/dguhHaHXq2(2020)
in a wee colab wae a wee Etsy shoap! Wee Steve/wee dugs fans, wat(2020)
s! Braw hings fae ma wee pals shoap wae 50% aff ?? https://t.co/K(2020)
and 6 other occurrences.

@LairnScots tweeted
imals, an bawbees aw ower the shoap! #BookWeekScotland https://t. (2019) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
cause ther's a baker's shoap ther an wu'll get some rolls
h'm tellin ye. It's a baker's shoap beside a loch, it's
up merchant Mr Gobbs. Baker's shoap ma erse!"
shoap here din't ye?"
4 matches