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The word 'rape'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
rapeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92315
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 3
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 3
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 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) 107.1 3 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of rape 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.

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Pat. Terrorism, murder, bairn-rape hid aa bin near stampit oot u
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
age Aldo further: "Is that no rape?" he whispers. on page 43

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
A thief new-cutted frae the rape-
A thief new-cutted frae the rape-
2 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
gimme a fiver or I’ll shout rape isnae a winner either. It wis
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
dead bad he'd done. Whit lik rape or murder, said Laura Kyle. S on page 169

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Murder an rape, an war an starvation, on page 36

1 matches

@MizLiot tweeted
’m sure I’ll no be the last rape victim you share it wi. (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
Pairty wis vote fer the rape clause, the bedroom tax, Trid on page 12
er forget no jist the murder, rape an pillage that wis perpetrat on page 71

2 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Rape cultur, veectim baurmin, on page 37

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
run, an heard tales o murder, rape, an beatins, an even © hauns on page 34

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
where we ride the rape highway on page 12
tae rape thum on page 39

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
fell scunnersome crimes like rape ir interferin wi bairns. 'Com on page 17

1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
oved wi the wind, the oilseed rape that gies me migraines in the
ading for this glow above the rape. And when we got closer I cou
rk on the yella o the oilseed rape. I touched it efter I got up
he long grasses o the oilseed rape. I can feel my heid start tae
4 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
thole nae mair. Takkin doon a rape frae tha oothoose, he gaed ta
John langelt tha rape intae a noose, then speeled t
arn tree. Lappin yin en o tha rape roon a brench, he pit tha ith
3 matches

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