A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sparks Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 7.7 3 9.9 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences1915 2 1 0 1 0
Number of authors17 13 2 1 1

Occurrences of sparks in Corpus

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Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
e prentice brickies, spreids, sparks etc. Ane o the laddies maun h on page 86

1 matches

Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
A bricht licht lowed wi sparks o fire. on page 65

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
tae these two dafties, Craig sparks up the joint and only efter a on page 131

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
haunds sterted raxin oot like sparks towards the cigar. 'Move! she on page 205
as if the sparks were birlin roond inside her on page 206

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Thi ane that sparks aff chemistry, on page 80

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e aw the clothes fur Marks an Sparks. See aw yir 'Tregijo jumpers on page 52

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
eivin the shelves o Marks and Sparks fir aa kin o growthie scran on page 110

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
e kept a ee on the diminishin sparks o rid, "but life gauns on." on page 125

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Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
kept a ee on the dimínishin sparks o rid, "but life gauns on."
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
y the lighter in his hauns an sparks his snout an ah put the light
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
y - that wasn’t just a few sparks. And nobody but Derriakin and
1 matches

Letford, William This Is It, (Scottish Poetry Library 2016) Central - Stirling, poetry
the hammer hits the stane an sparks
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@weenell3 tweeted
@DavyGavin1 @aquiania Sparks .... noo that's a blast fae t (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
t least theyll provide plenty sparks unlike your radio station tha (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
f - fire an a great shooer o sparks fleein oota his spaver. on page 15

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Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Fae his hooves thi sparks fair flew, on page 17

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
sparks flyan, jumpan tae start on page 56

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
The sizzling logs, the sparks that fly on page 39

1 matches

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