Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

spikes	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	4.7	6.7	3	0	0	0	0
Number of occurrences	15	13	2	0	0	0	0
Number of authors	10	8	2

Occurrences of spikes in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

McPartlin, John Lallans 82 - Biggin the Great Nor Road, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Cicada friction spikes the air. Heitjabbed, on page 66

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
we see his heed lookin at the spikes. He's thinkin aboot it. The w on page 15

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
an o its touns an cities, the spikes on the helmets o the sodgers on page 75

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
aw pure gelt flat instead ae spikes an he'd on a black suit inste on page 127

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
nks! Yer toorie's gallus, yer spikes feel sherper Hae ye pitten on on page 4

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
taewards it. The spheres haed spikes that left teirs in his breeks
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
like that and hits wan ae the spikes, ye might get lucky and it’
ntae wan ae the rusty railing spikes. In a movie, there’d be a s
2 matches

Hubbard, Tom Scottish Faust: Poems and Ballads of Eldritch Lore, (Kettillonia 2004) Central, poetry
Twa o the spikes curve upwart ti ilk ither,
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
comes doon oantae wan ae they spikes, ye micht get lucky and it’
ntae wan ae they rusty railin spikes. In a filum, there’d be a s
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
- hope im wrong but too many spikes every where just now (2020) twitter link
is it worth a trip - naw - spikes in south tyneside n middlesbo (2020) twitter link

Doric

Philip, George Tales Fae The Doric Side - Winter, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Lang spikes o beauty jeelt an sherp wi th on page 80

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ron sheen, an sherpen them wi spikes haimmered inno ilkie hole tae
1 matches