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Use in varieties of Scots

spike Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.2 9.3 7.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2318 5 0 0 0 0
Number of authors9 5 4

Occurrences of spike in Corpus

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Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"I can see a muckle hawthorn spike. on page 6

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
a sudden dramatic surge and spike on page 8

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
s contained in. So, when they spike up, ken? They do so wae the p on page 90

1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
pit his haun through a metal spike the day. It went right intae
is tapped wae a nasty-looking spike. Ah’m sure ye can already g
v been impaled oan wan ae the spike railings. The baw wis defo tr
nner rubber, sinking doon the spike wae a gentle hiss. Whenever t
g or it’s gonnae land oan a spike. Since it wis ma baw and a pu
7 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Ma brither hud a dug ca'd Spike,
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
pit his haun through a metal spike theday. It went right intae h
is tapped wae a nasty-lookin spike, okay?
ght end up hittin wan ae they spike railins. It wis defo travelli
inner rubber, sinkin doon the spike wae a gentle hiss. Whenever t
n or it’s gonnae land oan a spike. Since it wis ma baw and ah d
6 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
a sudden dramatic surge and spike
1 matches

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
se eff yea wisna canny he wid spike ye we een o hee's spine's an on page 1

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
canna believe it! Ah wis jist spike twa, three days syne." im on page 22

1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
the summer, ahbody gan tonto, spike then yir in tier 3. I wish fo (2020) twitter link
@chloegee_xox The spike in Tayside relates tae a food (2020) twitter link

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