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Use in varieties of Scots

spain Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.1 22.3 20.8 19.9 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences5942 13 2 1 0 1
Number of authors30 19 8 1 1 1

Occurrences of spain in Corpus

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Central

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
s an the catholic majesties o Spain yer neighbour. on page 44

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'Spain,' her faither said. "he weath on page 226
tcases and they're leavin fur Spain in hauf an hour!' on page 227
t they aw dae, joukin aff tae Spain whaur they cannae get him. He on page 229

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
did they no ken fowk bidin in Spain that still got their pension; on page 93
y - tho we cannae compete wi Spain or Italy or Greece in develop on page 133
come sae monie Brits bide in Spain an ither places roun the warl on page 138
ician ettlin tae cling on tae Spain's control o Catalonia - agin on page 140

4 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
take them tae good place, lik Spain an France an Benidorm, an the on page 164

1 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
08029 Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain on page 24

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
Like her man, she wes born in Spain, but like the fowk roun aboot on page 8

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
y's Wallace, is Joe Jordan in Spain in 1982. Skelp them, patronis on page 17

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
to the south and then towards Spain and there are doors you can k on page 47

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Asturian an Aranese in norlan Spain, Catalan in Murcia (sudron Sp
, Catalan in Murcia (sudron Spain), Albanian in Italy, Frisian
2 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
So he thocht he’d gang tae Spain.
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Let them flee aff tae Spain
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
ere sayin. We always went tae Spain fur wur holidays and ah could
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
e acknowledged as a peer bi a Spain or even a Luxembourg - yon's
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
s. E'en the michty eximperial Spain gied devolution tae some o it
n ither countries the likes o Spain but it's richt guid an
whit Spain haed duin for Catalan an Gali
3 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
d aff wi some office tart tae Spain. If the worst comes tae the w
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
N the Catalan speakin areas o Spain, Sant Jordi's Day (23-4-03) h
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ootfu wis MEP Theresa Zabell (Spain), that threapit, "A dinna see
ower tae minority leids......Spain as a country peys for eneuch
Catalan MEP Joan Vallvé (Spain), forspeaker for the European
land), Miguel Mayol i Raynal (Spain), Mathieu Grosch (Belgium), U
nland), Josu Ortuondo Larrea (Spain), Mario Borghezio (Italy), Mi
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
air sheep. He'd raither be in Spain! Whan they win tae thair dest
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
ans Oan a package hoalidy tae Spain The youngest two, wee Sam an
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McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
boost tae Syriza’s allies i Spain, Podemos. Wi a Spanish electi
e the end o the year voters i Spain wull be keepin an ee on whit
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@DavidJWood2 tweeted
r Wait till you venture intae Spain ??. Back here you cannae beat(2020) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
Denmark (as opposed to warmer Spain or Portugal*) there were wi b(2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
aboot a loon that got shot in Spain “sae i got haud o an oxter s(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
rnae enough tae contend wi(!) Spain is still findin new weys tae (2020) search twitter

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
McLeod said it wis sumwye in Spain but ye cuidnae tell aat fae t on page 40

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
he wife tae Pierre "Fit aboot Spain? I've aye fancied gan there O on page 15

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Kintra: Spain on page 3

2 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Being in Spain or Italy on page 110

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - Three poems, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, poetry
lug syne yarkit intae war wi Spain.
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
heap for Germans tae flee tae Spain an athing wis a gweed bit
cheaper fin they reached Spain. I wis real sorry for the Ger
2 matches

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
f ma feet, and got woundit in Spain. And did they move fan I wis
a richt airm tae hae focht in Spain. Dinna envy me.”
2 matches

@daleser23 tweeted
er here wiz ment to be awa to spain iday. Kca gan to pay for a fl(2013) search twitter
aye i cana see anythin but a spain win. At wiz a dreadful game o(2013) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
holiday? I want twa weeks in Spain on page 20
hivna the money tae winter in Spain - and we dae get some sun ev on page 76

2 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
oatian), València (Valencia, Spain) / valencià (Valencian). on page 8

1 matches

Ulster

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Tha King o Spain's dochter on page 20

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