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The word 'speiks'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
speiksOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1105
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 27.6 6 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
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 speiks 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.

(South) East Central

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
leid, ye're jakin ay? Nab'dy speiks like that in this kintra". Ay
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
wha haed onie contack wi John speiks warmlie o his rowthiness, hel on page 3

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
tho, it maun be nottit at he speiks 'ane' as it is spellt, but 'i on page 136
stances). Houane'er, tho Hogg speiks lichtlie o his leimitit educa on page 137
neibors. The local meinister speiks wi the apparitioun an slawlie on page 138

3 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert A Fickle Nae Mair, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Yin gaird speiks ainlie trowth,
Yin gaird speiks ainlie fause;
2 matches

General Central

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ye are saved. When Scripture speiks: thaim at believes in him wil on page 97

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
leid itsel. T.S. Law's poetry speiks tae us frae the hert aboot aa on page 134

1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Tae Ilka Scots Makar an Scriever, (twitter.com 2022) Central, poetry
An naeb'die forby speiks lik thon eldern beasts,
1 matches

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