A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

spewin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 5.1 15.1 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2110 10 0 1 0 0
Number of authors17 10 6 1

Occurrences of spewin in Corpus

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Central

Sulhunt, Miriam Lallans 90 - Rapunzel, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
spewin oot the fluir on page 33

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
e, Grangemooth oan the ither, spewin smoke an filth aw ower it. It on page 1

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
doun on his hauns an knees an spewin up aa the brose an bannocks t on page 53

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Spewin oot clever lyrics an ti hell on page 4

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
r aboot ma dream wis Charlene spewin her load aw ower Kelly Marie' on page 41

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
a carton o milk dropped oot, spewin its contents ower the pavemen on page 35

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
gaed up frae the watchers an, spewin haein a smittal effect, a puc on page 18

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Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
mony Scots still cannae help spewin oot cairtloads o ignorant an
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ls like some upturned geysers spewin steam.
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
elly ‘Ur's blood an’ guts spewin' oot the screen Creatin’ ha
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
haan, bent ower the gutter an spewin up her harigals. 'Ah tell ye, on page 44

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ime te see er freen cowkin an spewin in ower er bonny blue hat. on page 19

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
haracters; 'hole-in-the-waas' spewin oot siller; restaurants an ba on page 38
ald. "Surely ye myn aboot the spewin incident on the wye here? Aat on page 41

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
e Magnificat. Ah wis gey near spewin.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
s o corn the binder breenged, spewin oot cuttit shaives at its dow
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
crunchin graivel at ae eyn an spewin it oot at the tither like ste
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@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
laberdeen Jimmy fae logistics spewin’ his ringer ootside @Paramou(2018) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
t the kettle on – I’m richt spewin feathers an need a fly cuppie(2018) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@AiberdeenQuine Spewin!(2019) search twitter

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
d woke tae da soond o someeen spewin on da pavement. I doobt I pre(2013) search twitter