A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

speered Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.4 0 67.8 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences460 45 1 0 0 0
Number of authors5 4 1

Occurrences of speered in Corpus

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Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
is the Doric mean te you?" Ah speered it farther es wi hurled doon on page 9
e splut up in the hinner-en?" speered Winnie. on page 13
"Se fit wis the ootcome?" speered Rosie, stappin anither sweeti on page 16
the affa wither wi'd hid, Ah speered at im iv he funcied retirin s on page 17
the driver see ma spew?" she speered, teetin ower the tap o the se on page 19
Also on pages 22, 24, 25, 33, 36, 39, 40, 48, 49, 53, 54, 56, 58, 63, 66, 80, 81, 83, 86, 87, 88
30 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Foo lang did Ah tak?" ye speered as Ah eventually teen ye tee. on page 19

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Fa's at fae?" speered is missus, Doris. on page 6
airry-oan o Ivor Goodneck's?" speered Jack, stairtin te snip awa it on page 9
'll be socht te the funeral?" speered Archie, stairtin te leuk rale on page 14
"Wid ye like a cuppie?" speered Beldie, es the Sky maanie ful on page 26
t the artist wifie ower ere?" speered Muggie, giein ma a putt an no on page 29
Also on pages 43, 52
8 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Speered i'quine fit she wintit tae be on page 103

1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 83 - Chief wi Een Anither, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
idna hae a kizzen an he wisna speered ti hud up a bairn. He gid str on page 83
wis, an fen he gid hame moose speered, on page 84

4 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Doric Sweet Talk, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
Ye speered fit wis wrang.
1 matches

Orkney

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