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Use in varieties of Scots

sparkie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.6 1.5 1.5 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences53 1 1 0 0 0
Number of authors4 2 1 1

Occurrences of sparkie in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
n tell me how much siller yer sparkie faither made the day.' on page 47
ime yet tae fund oot jist hoo sparkie the bairn wis but Miss Honey on page 76

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Canny in the ebb o life, wi sparkie ee on page 4

1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
h've seen nowt in a byre mair sparkie.' on page 45

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And the sparkie o frosty snowflakes on the to on page 81

1 matches

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