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The word 'trip'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tripOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus50.116369
ORK - Orkney 59.6 6 5
SHD - Shetland 69.7 12 11
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 45.8 14 7
MNB - Mid Northern B 393.1 3 2
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 65.6 6 3
DOR - General Northern 84.2 19 9
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 116.6 46 6
WCE - West Central 36.8 8 3
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 43.8 7 4
GLA - Glasgow 31.9 7 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 111.2 8 3
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) 164.2 5 2
GUL - General Ulster 168.7 12 3
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of trip 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.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
die burd survived that stormy trip. on page 14
long summer when we meed that trip tae Hoy? on page 63

2 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Why no tak a trip oan the fast train tae Papay? on page 91

1 matches

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
ht, bit they had enjoyed thir trip tae the Cockle Banks.
1 matches

@johnkmitchinson tweeted
Peedie trip oot tae the ‘Queen o the Isl (2021) twitter link

@peediepuss tweeted
. Yea, I strongly recommend a trip oot to Papay. It's got peedie (2021) twitter link

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
fur spoots, an trip, an caper roond? on page 21

1 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
an dan gied ta sea on a lang trip. Da Loard wisna plaesed so he on page 71

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ward ta her Christmas shoppin trip, becis fur da first time in y on page 27
oot, an wis lost on his first trip across da Atlantic, just sixt on page 93

2 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
d da chance o a right fishing trip in a braa while.
1 matches

Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
n me questions aboot a fishin trip I haed seemed tae be on. Whil
1 matches

Facebook link (Shetland on Camera 2021) Shetland
Been oot for a peerie fishing trip. Can anybody tell me what dis

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2021) Shetland
Eftir 3 weeks I couldna trip oer da box any langer!.

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ffered me an aa expenses paid trip tae Lapland. A’ll niver caa
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
e da Barrowlands!) , havin my trip doon sooth cancelled didna re(2020)

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
kly richt?? wishin dee a fine trip nort, book will be oot on de (2019)

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
Trip tae Eshaness Lighthoos daday (2018) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
Onywuty, al niver furgait ma trip's oot we Jim an thi "Trust." on page 3
an tae tak eis a gweed puckle trip's bak an fore we wer three wh on page 20
av rooint hee's fleichenwell trip. on page 27
fine an warm fur twa or three trip's tae thi Broch, until eit ca on page 50

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
him an Nellie takkin a coach trip te Blackpool. Gweed Goad, tho on page 22

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ack doon again tae repeat the trip, this time wi a glaiss joog o
vailed an hame he cam, an the trip comin hame wis fully as coors
me wis fully as coorse as the trip that tuik him awa.
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
boatie wis fit fur its maiden trip. The wee boorachie teemed the
arry Quine an Navachitta, the trip tae Tir-nan-Og that she made
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
by this time wiz gyan like a trip haimmer. I could hardly speak
1 matches

Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2021) Doric - Fraserburgh
So he hid a trip te Stanley partridge the moto

@DoricPhrases tweeted
tterday an a’m aff fur a day trip tae Windsor - is onything gy(2018)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Trip tae the granite city Art Gall (2021) twitter link

Mid Northern B

Riddell, Conor San Diego, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
eens tae tell them a aboot ma trip. The trip hame wis better tha
. The trip hame wis better than the ane
2 matches

@McGoo1888 tweeted
e oot tae Belgium oan ah lads trip...ah had a broken leg so wis (2022) twitter link

Aberdeen

Abel, Charlie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
e wirds. My nickname ower the trip wis "Don Carlos", bit ma hirp on page 25

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
inally, for the fitba fans, a trip tae Valencia FC's Mestalla st on page 3
le mair than a borin business trip. on page 5
It wadnae be a trip tae Switzerland athoot haein on page 6

4 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
back fae him and near enough trip owre the recumbent steen. I p
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I kin trip ower a chak line fanivir I ga on page 81
Weel, here's anither trip ye kin tak on page 155
Made a lichtnin trip tae Johnshaven, eatin cranach on page 178
Tak a trip doon tae Loch Leven on page 186

7 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
her sisters. 'Twis her first trip tae the up-abune warld, and s on page 115

1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
ppit 50p up there on a school trip niver found it https://t.co/j(2020)

@daleser23 tweeted
. Im gan to be on standy this trip(2013)

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
ye, I’ll hopefully get a wee trip doon te Tannadice sometime on(2020)

@Franwella tweeted
a sunday eftrneen fix o coach trip oor 4 anithr wk(2011)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Unless she is got some secret trip planned, were only gan to Sil(2016)
Back hame fae ma trip roond the country & took in y(2017)
regulars ganna wa on wee bus trip the day tae Braemar & beyond (2018)
t tae go canny on oor fishing trip in Buckie! Think he mist hae (2020)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ear we finished aff oor NC500 trip wi a celebratory drink there.(2020)

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
eHeydrich And watch you dinna trip ower that burka in your wye i (2014) twitter link

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
edge o Wallace’s fower-year trip abroad should be sae drumlie.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ght hink they're oan the best trip ae their lifes. But the sad t on page 28
it wid be her first and last trip there. She never did go intae on page 67
rath ae Aldo, makes a hurried trip tae the bar. on page 75
upporter's buses. Fur oor big trip oor tae face the dangerous Bo on page 96
s. Anymaire and it's surely a trip tae The Royal fur me. But any on page 175
Also on pages 176, 178, 187
8 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
sure I didnae trip. Eftir a meenit or twa, I cou on page 21

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
eckys the thesaurer o the bus trip fund. Ilka week the ither dom on page 59
herlie, 'I juist howp the bus trip fund's aa richt. Gin the daft on page 60
'Is aathin aa richt for the trip?' he speirt. McBain shuik him on page 61

10 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ae day, while on a fishin trip,
Jist tak a trip oot there. Ye'll find
2 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
picnics normally meant a wee trip intae the Trossachs via Calle
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
fin theday hus sent him oan a trip wae the fairies. Tae ma surpr
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
rule that oot m8 - ad luv a trip back tae meadowbank tae c a g (2021) twitter link
e burra lads fired up fir the trip tae wick n best wishes tae ev (2020) twitter link
ru n thru - a even njoyed ma trip thru tae the st (2020) twitter link
lag off ur defeat n very long trip today 2 fife - works both wa (2020) twitter link
hpaper this man is on a power trip guys - fae the first time a (2020) twitter link
and 18 other occurrences.

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e, Don't gies it - We went a trip tae the mosque when we wur in on page 25
if ah could go on the London trip then, It's a hunner pound che on page 161
ent me she said she went on a trip tae a place cawd Windermere w on page 163
an yer granda met on a school trip tae, says gran. Oh right. Aye on page 169

6 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
wull aye conspire tae mak us trip, on page 139

1 matches

Wilson, Lucy Lock Doon, (Greenock Telegraph 2021) Central - Greenock, poetry
ighlight of ma week wint be a trip tae Aldi.
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
brows tae mak shair he didnae trip ower a slab or bump intae oni on page 65
brows tae mak shair he didnae trip ower a slab or bump intae oni on page 69

2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Scott an’ I shared a trip tae Glenshee wi’ a challeng
See me fa’ an’ trip, ower ma, poutin’ lip.
ip, an’ mak’ life a happy trip!”
3 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
towart him. Bit that made him trip on an imberellie ahint him, a
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
jist ay way for men to guilt trip women into havin’ sex. —I
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ae a receptionist oan a power trip. Took aboot half a fuckin hoo
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ts go fur an aw expenses paid trip abroad. In search ae findin a
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
boot while he wis oan a rowin trip up the watter ae the Thames i on page v
me, an said he wis gaun oan a trip, ah wid say 'Wae whit porpois on page 101

2 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
ur ma furst post-lockdoon awa trip on page 16

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
hen the idea came up for this trip, John was all fur it, made it
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
wo weeks huv passed since the trip tae the bothy wae McDade an P
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
de wanted us tae go oan a wee trip the gither tae clear the air,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
n Pearcey oan a later shoppin trip - watchin him first, in his
1 matches

General Central

Donaldson, Gordon Lallans 90 - Echty-Echt, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
wi success that year: a coach trip til Hungary. We tuik oor inst on page 36

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
nae nou. Delay will trip us up. on page 35

1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
Got tae make a trip tae dundee and a cannae be bo(2020)

@g_hibby tweeted
l's very much B.. Have a safe trip, and have a ball mate... Keep (2022) twitter link

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
Afternoon hen bin oan a boat trip roond the islands. Howzitgoan (2022) twitter link

@LowEndJardo tweeted
against England and a crackin trip down tae london tae enjoy the (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@officialAliRed tweeted
Road trip to #Carlisle to see granny. S(2019)

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ttish Journey, an follaes his trip mair nor less, wi a few meand on page 84

1 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
for oor Sunday Schuil trip on page 11

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
ough tae pack fir a five-week trip wae jist a backpack fu o’ b
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
it’s the first day o’ ma trip, and A’ve jist arrived in Z
t suddenly dawns on me fae my trip afore that thur wis a wee sho
ll fin oot time an again this trip is that buses in this neck o
3 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
s 39ºC—hottest day o’ ma trip so far—and there wisnae ony
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
r only the second time in the trip. He’d woke when the bus sto
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ke, got intae a motor, taen a trip tae the sea-side - or even ga on page 46

1 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Tha bus trip on page 20

2 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
There arenae ony goats trip-trappin ower wuiden brigs whe
lly Goats Gruff brig as Jenny trip-trapped ower the shoogly wuid
2 matches

General Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne A Furst Readin Book in Ulster Scots, (Evertype 2011) Ulster, weans
on the brig. The brig sed, “Trip-trip-” The troll sed, “Wh
-trip-” The troll sed, “Wha tri
“Why dae yae trip ower mae brig?” “A want t
braeside-’ “Yae wull naw trip ower mae brig. A wull ait yae
n, then,’ sed the troll. “Trip-trip, trip-trip, trip-trip.
6 matches

@OrangRuth tweeted
needs peroxide badly...and a trip to the Sunbeds would do her n(2018)

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
cannea wait to get a fishing trip away at some point the year!(2021)

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