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Use in varieties of Scots

spleet Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.7 4.3 19.2 9.9 69.7 0 0
Number of occurrences338 12 1 12 0 0
Number of authors17 5 7 1 5

Occurrences of spleet in Corpus

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Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
the maister, Paddy Taylor wad spleet the cless intae fowers, an ta on page 22

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
he did sae .. . in that first spleet second when her hauns sterted on page 128
hin. The photographs are then spleet up intae millions o tottie we on page 143

2 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
ye dinna dae that ye's aa be spleet up." on page 42

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Frae the spleet skin o a peach; on page 16
riptures the tatty unsteekit spleet on page 27

2 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
a glaurie pad gaun throu the spleet. Appearently this 33 fit hie on page 65

1 matches

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Introduction, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
n iss idea for an anthology o spleet new writin. on page 9

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
aa decoratit again - aathin spleet-new, funcy designir stuff, st on page 33

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ts afore had been Wollaston's spleet-new Aston Martin. Fan Fergus on page 8

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
orner o his toy box. A shiny, spleet new Esso petrol-tanker, wi gl
1 matches

Wheeler, Leslie Brockit, the Ferm Toon Cat, (Grampian Regional Council 2000) Doric, weans
een strip, stockins an aa, an spleet new fitba beets! Billy wis fa
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
an Cammy bocht their nephew a spleet-new pair o trainers, ye'd bi
1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
oor fushin wands, aw spleet-cane, an tied on three weet-f
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
boot tae add anither exciting spleet new feature tae the site but (2014) search twitter
ifter the Doric dialect has a spleet album oot this summer see htt(2014) search twitter
Spleet Doric joke aboot a pregnant w(2014) search twitter
at Royal Cornhill Hospital wi spleet parking restrictions is eneuc(2015) search twitter
ts time tae decorate an buy a spleet TV - hiv a guid wikkend aabo(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
s aal wid be in time, tae the spleet-new: on page 25

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
plaesed bit he gied in an he spleet da laand an gied da young ean on page 123

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Cells shön spleet, med dee unique on page 19

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
Common nouns can be spleet intae coont nouns, mass nouns on page 48
ences". Cleft means 'dividit, spleet' an a cleft sentence is een on page 56
glish numeral ān (StE 'one') spleet intae a nort/sooth divide fae on page 59
nants idda nort plaesses. Dis spleet cam tae be on page 67
an aa. You canna spleet up da phrase. Braali affen de on page 99

8 matches

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
tchin. An da air wis ready ta spleet. For dey kent whit dey wir ef
1 matches

Tait, Christian Da Hegri, (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
Wi spleet-second timin
1 matches

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