Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Concordance

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Use in varieties of Scots

spins	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	2.8	3.1	1.5	19.9	0	0	0
Number of occurrences	9	6	1	2	0	0	0
Number of authors	7	4	1	2

Occurrences of spins 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

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
p n sits his own bag doon. He spins roon wae his hands hoverin ov on page 14

2 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
The cunt spins roon, 'Awrite, pal? Wit ye ef on page 1
e noo. Mah uncle stawns up an spins roon as if he's gonnae crack on page 76

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
ife of Crowle, an auld mither spins an tells a tale aboot the los on page 142

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
shapes a nicht-time coal fire spins on page 107

1 matches

Doric

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
kens whit hauf-baked ideas he spins them.
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The needle cheust spins roond the face. on page 18

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
eck an lands in sic a wey hid spins. The nott o hids skuther o po on page 159

1 matches