A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

spends Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 4.6 3 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences129 2 1 0 0 0
Number of authors11 8 2 1

Occurrences of spends in Corpus

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Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
tavern wi', bit sometimes he spends an extra couple o' bob ina we on page 25

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
d say, 'The periodical cicada spends six year as a grub unnergrund on page 3
read,' the mither said. 'She spends her life up in thon room, her on page 90

2 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
that Ma Rapet spends mair nor twa days, and nae ni
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ms Kaye, whaur the young anes spends the hale time lauchin at the
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
an spends His time noo keekin doon
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Guid Fences Mak Guid Neibours, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
An spends ilka meenit weeshin me herm,
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
e's mates wi Tommy Y-L, an he spends aa day tellin wimmin on here (2020) search twitter

@rattlecans tweeted
p in a hoose where the MOTHER spends her life insisting only weans (2022) twitter link

Doric

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
As someone who usually spends every summer weekend in a whi(2020) search twitter

@glenlivetloon tweeted
eilSNP She's a riot that one. Spends her days ranting about the FM(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
He spends the whole day clickan, pittan on page 44

1 matches

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