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Use in varieties of Scots

spile Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.6 4.3 4.8 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences118 3 0 0 0 0
Number of authors8 6 2

Occurrences of spile in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ife. Tho they baith liked tae spile aw the grandbairns there wis on page 58

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
A lassie cannae spile hersel. on page 134

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Nae faemen's ships tae spile! on page 50

1 matches

Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
tae spile the Earth, the skies an seas, on page 52
he'd still want mair an spile them aa." on page 53
But Earth is oors, no His tae spile. on page 54

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
wull ne'er forget! (Ah'll no spile it fir ye!) on page 133

1 matches

Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
the interval, but that didnae spile thur appetites later at Brisb
1 matches

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
ere's nae mochs nor roost tae spile it an nae thief will brakk in on page 14

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Dinna spile ma day at aa, I'm miles awa on page 116

2 matches

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