A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

spillin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.4 3 1.5 0 0 0 4.8
Number of occurrences86 1 0 0 0 1
Number of authors8 6 1 1

Occurrences of spillin in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
wis speechless wae the words spillin oot ae the geeky lookin boays on page 190

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
we ivver mair bloatit fae the spillin o innocent bluid across the w on page 123

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ell that taks awa the cup aye spillin or niver fillin on page 11

1 matches

McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Tap Table, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Crack an kicherin spillin oot the gowden howfs o Budape on page 117

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
es fae the folk that ur still spillin oot the door. ‘Stevie! Wait
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
didnae like the whistleblower spillin the beans lol - aye a seen t (2021) twitter link

Doric

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
n less than a hurricane, come spillin oot fae the west, clamberin w on page 118

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
strange happenins o nicht wur spillin ower intae mornin. on page 12

1 matches

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