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Use in varieties of Scots

spoot Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.3 2.6 9 29.8 5.8 0 8.9
Number of occurrences175 6 3 1 0 2
Number of authors14 4 5 3 1 1

Occurrences of spoot in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
pinky speeder, up the watier spoot, Doun cam the rain, an syned on page 44

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
A undeemous spoot wi broon sticky goor dreeblin on page 139

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
kettle an fulled it throu its spoot. on page 18

1 matches

Peffers, Bob A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawther, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
e a fantoosh lion's heid wi a spoot fir its moo, an a fantoosh ca
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
Scots. Ah'm deen for; up the spoot an doon the stank. Gweed kens on page 53

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
onley get wun poor afore thi spoot, cloggit up, so eit slowed ei on page 9

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
its spoot imprinted on page 30

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
An michty me, he couldna half spoot. It wis aa aboot the Book o R on page 75

1 matches

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Charlie fae the safety o the spoot. on page 12

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
The pinchers, maet an spoot is only visible trou a micros on page 27

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Then a spoot wae a boot oan is wan good fe on page 90

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
every noo an ageen wid mak a spoot for da stick, runnin forrard on page 42

1 matches

Ulster

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
spider climbin up tha watter spoot on page 8

2 matches

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