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The word 'springs'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
springsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.93521
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
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
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 23.7 2 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 25.1 4 2
GLA - Glasgow 27.1 5 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.4 7 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 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)
GUL - General Ulster 28.1 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of springs in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And hope, in the hert, springs eternal - the search fur a m on page 43

1 matches

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
an activity – jist whitivir springs tae mind (no pun intended)!

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Whaar springs sab dey wösh da sonsi faces on page 36

1 matches

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
he's ready ta pounce. Oot he springs, peltin up da rig. Dan, more
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
es far awa es ivver. Bit hope springs eternal an is best mate, Stev on page 35

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
o cars an vans an twistit bed springs. It howled an soughed ben the
1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ht nae be the first city that springs tae mind fan pickin far tae g on page 13

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
stles or heather is fit first springs tae mynd. Sae it’s anely ri
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Be the looks o things Springs on it's wye.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ll her till some fancy lawyer springs the suit, dae a deal. Nae dan on page 1

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Then, tae ma surprise, he springs some gid news oan me fur yinc on page 126
Aldo springs up fae his seat "Who?!" on page 133
Dougie instantly springs up fae his seat. Lookin absol on page 179

3 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
l airts, an onethin else that springs tae mind. Nowadays a great mo on page 50

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Then o’ a sudden, up springs a young laddie, wha’d been
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
An' frae it springs kindness,
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
The aulder dour pussed wuman springs fae her seat. Evidently, sheâ
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
€™â€™ ah squeal. Tae which he springs up fae the flair in what kin
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
Ah leukt awa, an twinty springs haed passt. on page 15

1 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
woke up shaking that bad the springs in ma mattress were pinging o on page 38
hey stayed away fae the burst springs on ma mattress and then went on page 40

2 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
The red pen springs intae action. This must be li on page 1

2 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
'bonnie' but sic a statement springs oot thair personal likes. Doo on page 11
eetional spellings o Soothron springs oot a mak o Middle Inglis. on page 63

2 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
In a glisk, as if springs had been spangit in their leg on page 54

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
oor Clessical word chronology springs. Here in Scotland in the days
ldest wrutten fernyears first springs. An aboot AD 500 the monk Dio
ade fae ice an rock. Its name springs fae the Roman Ceres that wis
3 matches

@rattlecans tweeted
new beds and suites wi modern springs and stuffing? No even her con (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Deep doun anaith the Yallae Springs,
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
n ma phone suddenly PINGS and springs tae life lik a hauf-deid dug
1 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
r it wus, nuts nor baults nor springs nor thingymababs. on page 11

2 matches

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