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The word 'spade'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
spadeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12613
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 3
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 85 8 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 2
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 256.1 5 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of spade in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
taks the dorts and he caas a spade a spade! on page 55

2 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
We hiv a plan that involves a spade and a trap, on page 146

1 matches

Brown, Moyra Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ic sandals, yellow bucket and spade, on page 29

1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
as a lass, opens sweet to yur spade. on page 23

1 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
rigs lie ready fir da sye an spade; on page 35

1 matches

General Northern

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
ae Snuffy gaed awa wi Dad’s spade in his gemme bag.
dae? Get ma loons tae bring a spade and stert diggin? – Dae I p
2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
The Roond Moo'ed Spade on page 112
The lads that used the spade an pock on page 113
r the Loss o the Roond Moo'ed Spade on page 114
Your 'Roond Moo'ed' spade did yalp an roar, on page 115

8 matches

General Central

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
he bankin wi nocht mair nor a spade, a yoke, an twa auld widden m on page 17

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
eyd, fulin it in. She pit the spade back in the shed an gaed inta
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
s ae daub-haund wi ae gairden spade an cuid turn owre ae gey bit
1 matches

@jamie_ginger tweeted
A dini want to ken aboot yir spade #carpetforsale #idontevenknow(2019)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
arry, the lade begun, cut wae spade an sweet tae cairry drivin wa
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
An A've taen ma graip an spade. on page 19
A put ma spade tae tha thrissle's stem on page 20
Or tha rasp o a spade on stane. on page 24

5 matches

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