A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

speert Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 0 40.7 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences270 27 0 0 0 0
Number of authors5 5

Occurrences of speert in Corpus

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Doric

Johnston, Mary Lallans 82 - Life Spang, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
Neist cam a tyke. God speert, 'Hoo mony years div ee wint? on page 26

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
I'm jist surprised yer mither speert For a powen o beens an suet" on page 15

5 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
hit wee. Happy tae see thim a speert fit ther catch wis. Aleck rep on page 19
syder. '"'Yaahoo" aroart. We speert aat em faar eit caim fae, an on page 33
r, we caim across "Baggy," an speert hem eif hce wis sikken tae gi on page 46
r thi weenter feishen. So aye speert, Gibbie Burnet, or Jib cis we on page 55
r oneybudy." So oneywuiy, thi speert ma laiter on, at nicht, fin a on page 60
Also on pages 62
6 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ye funcy gettin deen, than?" speert Joyce, stappin a leaflet fae on page 11
e yer dug's nae here, is he?" speert Elspeth. "Ah'm nae keen on on on page 27
's aat got te dee wi readin?" speert Vi. "I read aa kines o stuff on page 30
"Fit ye grinnin at?" speert Lorna, powkin Donald in the n on page 39
"Fit's adee wi you?" speert Arthur, openin the door te se on page 48
Also on pages 54, 58, 62, 64, 70, 71, 73
13 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 83 - Chief wi Een Anither, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
fite wi broon smaads an he's speert gin I'll hud him up at e kirs on page 83

1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
Eence, I speert o Addy if he hid ony inklin f
1 matches

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