Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

spittle	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	3.1	4.1	3	0	0	0	0
Number of occurrences	10	8	2	0	0	0	0
Number of authors	6	4	2

Occurrences of spittle 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
He kittles spittle frae his pipe stem. He bungs on page 66

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
clype on a body tae thae lick-spittle curate lackeys o yon leein tu on page 24
irge, wi a wee sneevilin lick-spittle o a curate aye at his elbuck. on page 40
stit, his kist crecklt an his spittle frothed pink. Whiles she felt on page 75

3 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
he christenin bi God's folk's spittle. on page 112

2 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
every leaf an blade o grass. Spittle burgeoned on the branches o d
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
There’s a collection ay spittle, spreadin ootwardly, concentr
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
o glut. He fulled his moo wi spittle, pyochered an spat a gob o sl on page 51

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Wully swallied his spittle at this and cannily got tae h
1 matches