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The word 'shoppie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
shoppieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.45119
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 81.7 25 6
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 73.4 7 3
DOR - General Northern 48.8 11 5
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 15.4 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
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 shoppie in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
fowk hae fun. Conveniently a shoppie is close, tae dae yer errins. on page 37

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
wi a lach. "Wi'd wir ain wee shoppie wi a Post Office an a reed ph on page 87

1 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Doric Sweet Talk, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
An comin oot o the ice cream shoppie
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
nt comin inno the kirk wi yer shoppie door open.'
hree kists at the back o mhis shoppie, fur Daith wis a steady custo
Ower the road wis Addison's shoppie, a grocer's richt on the neuk
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
rs beggin fur siller at ilkie shoppie door, far even a wauk tae the
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
w ferlie tat play wi frae the shoppie at the en o her road. It wis
baker’s shoppie. She cudna thole tae bide owe
kle blaik till in a baker’s shoppie.
The shoppie’d bin open a while, an ilki
ties, rowies an bannocks. The shoppie wis fine
9 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
rless gyan messages Christmas shoppie in May! The bonnie Crieff Nut(2015)
#Peterhead opens a new #Aldi shoppie an the Bloo Toon goes gypit a(2018)

@FaeFoggie tweeted
Keith that hid twa pales in i shoppie. Een markit Rowies for i toon(2019)
ng loon onymair. Dinna hink i shoppie selt mony crabbies - wifie h(2019)
loons chasin quines aa ower I shoppie. Bit like masell fan i wint d(2020)
Ballingrybat Nae fae the club shoppie. I'm takkin a bit o a punt on(2020)
ower i wikkend I'll hae a wee shoppie set up and riddy ti ging. (Am(2020)
and 2 other occurrences.

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
"Ah'm takin it tae the shoppie wi the three gowden ba's, Mrs on page 32

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
'Noo let's see, fit's this shoppie sellin? Hey, man, fit's a pla on page 43

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
r. He haed ane ordert fae the shoppie ower the rodd an gaed ower il on page 76

3 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
, Ah’ll jist run up tae the shoppie an get ye anither een.”
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
and of course, the ice cream shoppie’s shut like aathing else. S
1 matches

General Northern

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ntae the safe haven o the wee shoppie. The fleer wis seepin, an wis on page 72

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
His wee shoppie is a rare place tae gan on page 126
Bonnie Bunty, shoppie quine. on page 136
wint oot bargain huntin tae a shoppie in i'toon. on page 157

7 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
the shoppie selt me Jonsar?" Jonsar turne
1 matches

TheChielMeister Philomena and Alcohol, (youtube.com 2010) Doric, poetry
Oaf doon tae the shoppie
1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@drewstew62 Oor local shoppie sell their butteries and saft(2020)

Dundee

@d_anderson878 tweeted
wa an get a neep faan the veg shoppie opens. Lantren the day an sou(2020)
t... v Thon mannie fa his the shoppie? Na, na. A doot ye're richt -(2020)

Glasgow

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
hocht. Aye, Mither. “Doon i shoppie?” still she’d ask.
Wally’s lang gone bit the shoppie that bears his name is oan sc
the shelves towards the back-shoppie, the 8-til-late franchise is
3 matches

General Central

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
cowrin or timorous aboot thon shoppie in Great Western Road. @Ishbe(2016)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
canna. NAE Friockheim camera shoppie!!(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
Mither Tongue' fae a wee book shoppie in Linlithgow. Delighted wae (2020)