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Use in varieties of Scots

spaekin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words38.1 5.7 0 19.9 633.6 0 0
Number of occurrences12211 0 2 109 0 0
Number of authors15 1 2 12

Occurrences of spaekin in Corpus

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Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
oondit bi folk that's bred up spaekin't.
ae Newcastle" is lairnt Scots spaekin bairns, an they'r left aatheg
Scots bairn needs nae help wi spaekin his ain tongue.
A wis bred up in the Lowdens spaekin a rural form o the Central Sc
4 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
"You keep that," like she wis spaekin a bairn.
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
Hivin been brocht up spaekin guid Scots is a guid start, b
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
he last generation as somehou spaekin stranger Scots nor their ain.
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
iftin some o Stuart’s wey o spaekin an caas hersel a dookit body
says, wi a suddent wee smile, spaekin tae’z like a dug or a bairn
2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
, nou she haes a interpreter, spaekin tae the wumman an readin her
r. “Thon neebor wife’s no spaekin tae me nou she kens I’m dei
2 matches

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Whit wur you spaekin tae them fur? on page 127

1 matches

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
o' errands wis heavy and aye spaekin tae folk on the road heem, wh
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
, an sometimes juist dialect. Spaekin for mesel, I tink Shetland Sc on page VI
Spaekin wi animals an birds - An hal on page 5
ta dö, so Alice shön began spaekin ageen. "I doot Dinah'll miss on page 10
less, for siccan bruck as A'm spaekin!" on page 17
el aa da time at shö guid on spaekin: "Oh dear a dear! Aathing is on page 19
Also on pages 20, 21, 25, 30, 31, 36, 38, 44, 46, 51, 55, 58, 59, 60, 61, 70, 74, 79, 80, 83, 85, 88, 91, 104, 105, 110, 115
38 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
an haes nae time fir idle spaekin. on page 49
times fir paece, an times fir spaekin oot; on page 51
ta gadder. Whan he feenished spaekin he said ta wan o da fishermen on page 87
y da mair he'll listen. Plaen spaekin is aa he wants. Whan you pray on page 93
Da hidmist ean wis better at spaekin as doin. 'Mester', he said, ' on page 105
Also on pages 137, 159
7 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
r hedd ony faimly. Whin I wis spaekin aboot dat da tidder night Jee on page 4
is wid a been tinkin shü wis spaekin tae Ertie o da Mires. Whin sh on page 14
dat Nicolas phone rang. Aa da spaekin wis comin fae da tidder end, on page 21
chum fae whin dey wir young, spaekin, on page 23
sark sleeves in da Serengeti spaekin aboot a pride a lions prowlin on page 52
Also on pages 74
6 matches

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
ae da start, mair is ee wye o spaekin, on page 19

1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
"I duina kaen whit you'r spaekin aboot," Sheltie Prattle sed. on page 35

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
sense historicolinguistically spaekin: Shaetlan can be kent tae be on page 7
multilingual. In idder wirds: spaekin twa languages (or mair) is a on page 19
-in: spaekin 'speaking, talking' on page 44
Shaetlan haes a set wye o spaekin aboot non-livin tings as bein on page 48
al feature shaas whidder w'ir spaekin aboot ee entity, or mair as e on page 49
Also on pages 50, 59, 60, 61, 69, 76, 78, 80, 85, 86, 88, 90, 97, 98, 101
28 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
ae da start, mair as ee wye o spaekin, on page 24

1 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
, noddin her haed, an him aye spaekin tae her, earnest laek. Weel s
runnin on da spot, gigglin an spaekin dirt, or dey'll sit crooged u
e stammik knotted. 'Whit's du spaekin aboot?' says I. Shö pat her
3 matches

De Luca, Christine Soondscapes, (Shetland For Wirds 2015) Shetland, poetry
troo da grind is a spaekin in tongues
1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Pieriewys, (Shetland For Wirds 2005) Shetland, poetry
spaekin pieriemootie wirds
1 matches

Williamson, Christie Shaetlan an compoonds a da richt, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2014) Shetland, blog
cht hae tae hit. Mi ain wye a spaekin’s fine by me an mair an aa,
1 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
wird ‘dialect’ if we wir spaekin English, whin we wid maestly
tland Dialect.’ Whin we wir spaekin in Shaetlan, da distinction a
tlan tongue even whin dae’r spaekin (or writin) Shaetlan. Whaar f
ck wis wint ta spaek aboot ‘spaekin Shaetlan’, noo dey maestly
oo dey maestly spaek aboot ‘spaekin da dialect’ or even juist â
17 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
Spaekin o grind, dirs lots o grinds a

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
e wis, he wis right if you ir spaekin aboot da dialect.

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Sky high fuel prices maks trows lie low, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
umans wir back. Een o dem wis spaekin aboot hoo much he laekit comi
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
“Surely fokk will be spaekin aboot da Görwill trows agaen
1 matches

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