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The word 'speert'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
speertOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.4275
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 81.7 25 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of speert in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
I'm jist surprised yer mither speert For a powen o beens an suet" on page 15

5 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
hit wee. Happy tae see thim a speert fit ther catch wis. Aleck rep on page 19
syder. '"'Yaahoo" aroart. We speert aat em faar eit caim fae, an on page 33
r, we caim across "Baggy," an speert hem eif hce wis sikken tae gi on page 46
r thi weenter feishen. So aye speert, Gibbie Burnet, or Jib cis we on page 55
r oneybudy." So oneywuiy, thi speert ma laiter on, at nicht, fin a on page 60
Also on pages 62
6 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ye funcy gettin deen, than?" speert Joyce, stappin a leaflet fae on page 11
e yer dug's nae here, is he?" speert Elspeth. "Ah'm nae keen on on on page 27
's aat got te dee wi readin?" speert Vi. "I read aa kines o stuff on page 30
"Fit ye grinnin at?" speert Lorna, powkin Donald in the n on page 39
"Fit's adee wi you?" speert Arthur, openin the door te se on page 48
Also on pages 54, 58, 62, 64, 70, 71, 73
13 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
Eence, I speert o Addy if he hid ony inklin f
1 matches

General Northern

Johnston, Mary Lallans 82 - Life Spang, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
Neist cam a tyke. God speert, 'Hoo mony years div ee wint? on page 26

1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 83 - Chief wi Een Anither, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
fite wi broon smaads an he's speert gin I'll hud him up at e kirs on page 83

1 matches

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