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Use in varieties of Scots

spew Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.5 6.4 6.4 9.9 17.4 0 0
Number of occurrences2012 4 1 3 0 0
Number of authors12 6 3 1 2

Occurrences of spew in Corpus

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Central

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
or threatenin tae spew on page 27

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
waterin like fuck. Ahm gonnae spew, ah cin tell. Ah get up ootae on page 2
Aw fuck, ahm gonnae spew wi excitement. on page 76

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
w tae make it taste right. Aw spew, said Charlene. Shut up, ah s on page 145
he flair an thir wis blood an spew everywhere. on page 149
oot aw the cupboards an then spew everythin up later an then th on page 151
Marney widnae get sea sick an spew aw doon the side ae thir priv on page 169

4 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
Faemy slavers, warlock's spew on page 34

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Poultices and spew and delicate haundlin, on page 61

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Looked like spew - on page 21

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
d because every twa seconds a spew o glittie green slavers came on page 8

1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
f cos ah thought ah wis gonae spew but this wis answered wae ano
1 matches

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - The mornin o the waddin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
an elbas, makkin ma want tae spew. on page 98

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
If he should spew his dumplin on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Did the driver see ma spew?" she speered, teetin ower th on page 19

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
flees. They sit on aathin an spew and sh-" on page 14

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
dictable hid maks me want tae spew. on page 39

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
want ta spew. Dull get upstairs an pack dy on page 20

1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
dna thank me, joost tried tae spew ower me ?? #seabirdsaturday #(2018) search twitter
iled aroond Foula and I didna spew! Thanks to Garry, James and R(2013) search twitter

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