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Use in varieties of Scots

spice Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 6.9 11.2 19.9 0 10.9 4.4
Number of occurrences2413 7 2 0 1 1
Number of authors19 10 5 2 1 1

Occurrences of spice in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
kennt as a spice. on page 19

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
But eh kin spice it up an gee it some clout on page 82

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
And in gangs sugar, cream and Spice; on page 91

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
langage lends that important spice til a piece, parteeclar whaur on page 35

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
e twitched at the smell o Old Spice. His big brother's eftershave on page 44

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
ouce baum, fine roset, ile an spice, on page 31

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Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
year auld men who looked like spice boys, wi their hair lookin li
threw them in thurr cars. The spice boys got in the club but wurr
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@billykayscot tweeted
he neb, sweet plummy fruit an spice in the mooth. Gaes braw wi ch(2020) search twitter

@LowEndJardo tweeted
at intae 7 spices or boyywood spice at 3 in the morning get a rea (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
east fortune mercat n the old spice too lol (2020) twitter link
y @MusselburghAth brut n auld spice n brylcreem - iconic stuff b (2020) twitter link
rty - so splash oan the auld spice n santas oan his way wae sock (2020) twitter link

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ombay flavour hid jist eneuch spice in it tae tak awa the blandne on page 42

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ither'll be on the bill? The Spice Quines, maybe, dressed tae ki on page 15

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Fan ye sip his orange spice on page 122

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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
An spice an veinegar forbye I'm seer t on page 55

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
skirp o deevilick wirship tae spice up the speeritual bree. They
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ed ingins, chappit tatties an spice. Suzy’s teeth sterted lae w
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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
oor full o currants, raisins, spice on page 116

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Hume, Caroline Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Spice hid up, pepper wae exaggerati on page 126

1 matches

Southern

@projecthawick tweeted
get yer tickets ti see the “Spice Boys” ?? https://t.co/DwZrhY(2018) search twitter

Ulster

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Sugar an spice, on page 32

1 matches

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