A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'snapped'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
snappedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.23423
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B 111.9 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 31 7 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 18 7 4
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of snapped in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ur poofs and pansies", Daavit snapped - "Or folk like you. on page 47

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
road, sped up tae his office, snapped at his secretary no tae distu
‘So?’ snapped Mrs Dursley.
2 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Her bloomin falsers snapped in twa She ran ben greetin ta on page 15

1 matches

McArthur, Kaydi Rich n Peer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
ither sang he wrote and en he snapped his fiddle in half ower his k
1 matches

Mid Northern B

Crawford, Jack The Pluffer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
it up in front o ma fizog an snapped it richt in twa and then drap
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
t, fan he grabbed mi wrist an snapped the haancuff on me.
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
snapped, she peyed Jonsar an disappea
brake cable snapped fin he stopped. "Aye" said Jo
eve in bad words. "Jonsar Eck snapped" I
3 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
The roar snapped me oot o ma historical dwam.
1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
in aff he loaded the rifle an snapped on the safety catch, the quie
1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
needed. Donkey Taylor neerly snapped Mcrorrie cruciate an own goal(2020)
Official @AberdeenFC Nah gets snapped like at failed player Durrant(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
nin,aw the seats start tae be snapped up. But ah'm quick enough oan on page 52
backed that day wida went and snapped his neck efter failin tae sai on page 60

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
This wye, Isa," the lanky yin snapped. "The newsagents next." on page 35
dnae like the vodka. The King snapped his fingers an a og wee man i on page 83

3 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
er if the ither yorkie hadnae snapped at me jealously.
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
e who screamed first and that snapped Declan oot ae his daze.
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t but somethin inside me jist snapped an ah pure flew fur Charlene; on page 101

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
'E chased Muggins roon' an' snapped 'e's lead oan 'um whin 'e cot
1 matches

Dundee

McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
st gits tae yi and thi day yi snapped at thon stuffed shirt. Yi ken
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Oh, ah like that!" Alice snapped, jist aboot bitin his heid af on page 67
n looked at her, an the Queen snapped "Whit's the erack here, then? on page 78
ck! Ah've a right tae think," snapped Alice, as she wis stairtin ta on page 90

3 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
oot the door, as is, an cunts snapped it up.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
you for yer tippence-worth," snapped Alison. on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
fitsteps comin up the stairs snapped Violet oot o her dwaum, and a on page 128

1 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
eone else a seat?" The laddie snapped back "why don't YOU get up an(2021)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Ah've hed nithin yet," Ahlice snapped black-afronteet, "sae Ah cann on page 72

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
Ah took the new camera oot an snapped a few photies, tryin
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
d ocht tae help yer ain," she snapped, hir voice mockin up a pantom on page 6

1 matches

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