A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'sp'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
spOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus25.38114
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 46.5 8 4
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 23.7 2 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 28.1 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 1072 59 1

Occurrences of sp 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.

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
Cat wis been, aa at wance he spöred up ageen. on page 65
ice, "an I wiss du widna keep spörin up an feddin awa sae fas on page 66
s aa feenished, da Owl got da spön on page 106

3 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
se door, wi da bucket a coarn spülied aboot her, whin shü di on page 5

1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Hit's yun iddir wy o spækin on page 27

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
- da bowl da richt een, da spön lang enyoch - on page 30

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
scoopit hit aa oot wi an aald spön an plunkit hit inta da pan
1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Metadist Metafir, (Shetland For Wirds 2007) Shetland, poetry
hit’s jun iddir wy a’spækin
1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
t really made Widney’s fuil spécial, tho, wis the fact that
made yer local area even mair spécial.
2 matches

General Northern

@Franwella tweeted
ased on th lower beats oÂ’ th SpÂ’y n tales oÂ’ th fishinÂ’ ne(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
eh? be a pal and gees a full SP oan who runs this mickey moos on page 193

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
SP Paper 778
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
s o paint an brushes an white spírit an rowes up his sleeves
râtion’s in his een: White spírit’ll clean that up. He g
it the ceilin. He poors white spírit aa ower it, taks his sar
3 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie The dingin doun o devolution, (Mak Forrit 2020) Central - Edinburgh, blog
It’s in this spírit that I’d like tae scri
1 matches

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Im Spätboot on page 10

1 matches

General Central

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
s manager - Ah'm quotin frae SP-NN 8, 2000, p.14.) The tribbl on page 56

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
SP Paper 778 1 Session 1 (2003)
1 matches

General Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
nèr-docht curns; an leesure, spóartin an cultùr, recks gyel on page 16
e-schuil weans may hae throch spóartin thairsels an ither eff on page 30

2 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
wean. An ït wus bi tha Halie Spïrit. Noo Joseph hir husban w on page 1
wull baptise ye wi tha Halie Spïrit an wi fire. Hïs winnowi on page 3
"Blisst ir tha puir ïn spïrit, fer thairs ïs tha Kïn on page 4
l growe. They nether wark ner spïn! Yit A'll tell ye thïs, e on page 7
name did we no drive oot ïll spïrits an dae a hale lock o mà on page 8
Also on pages 9, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76, 78, 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 101, 110
59 matches

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