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The word 'stoaps'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
stoapsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.1178
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 45.2 9 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 2
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 stoaps in Corpus

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General Northern

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
tae yer lungs and she nivver stoaps gaen on aboot it tae me. 'Din on page 43

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ion. Everyboady in the boozer stoaps what their dain tae admire he on page 79
ah go tae gee her a kiss she stoaps me in ma tracks. "Before I co on page 84

2 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ae offices until he suddenly stoaps half wey doon. Directin me in
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
racket comin fae the road and stoaps only occasionally tae take a
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
he past tense or usin glottal stoaps (like "unsettl't"), an apostr on page vi

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
arker says tae Dolly, when he stoaps laughin. on page 19
hem in the caravan but Angela stoaps her. on page 30

2 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
at some rant or comment. Pee stoaps, fags, views ay lochs, storie on page 3

3 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
swer. We dae as he asks an he stoaps again, openin the door, sligh
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
turns an catches his gaze. He stoaps drummin his haun an eyeballs
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
McDade stoaps in his tracks, turnin roon, â
1 matches

General Central

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
e wait tae mairrage afore she stoaps hidin she’s cliver.
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
ve when suddenly ma projector stoaps. STOAPS.
. STOAPS.

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