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The word 'spice'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
spiceOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12620
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.3 6 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of spice in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
oor full o currants, raisins, spice on page 116

1 matches

Hume, Caroline Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Spice hid up, pepper wae exaggerati on page 126

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ither'll be on the bill? The Spice Quines, maybe, dressed tae ki on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
skirp o deevilick wirship tae spice up the speeritual bree. They
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ed ingins, chappit tatties an spice. Suzy’s teeth sterted lae w
1 matches

General Northern

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ombay flavour hid jist eneuch spice in it tae tak awa the blandne on page 42

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Fan ye sip his orange spice on page 122

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
An spice an veinegar forbye I'm seer t on page 55

1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
ouce baum, fine roset, ile an spice, on page 31

1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
year auld men who looked like spice boys, wi their hair lookin li
threw them in thurr cars. The spice boys got in the club but wurr
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
east fortune mercat n the old spice too lol (2020) twitter link
y @MusselburghAth brut n auld spice n brylcreem - iconic stuff b (2020) twitter link
rty - so splash oan the auld spice n santas oan his way wae sock (2020) twitter link

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
But eh kin spice it up an gee it some clout on page 82

1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
nor ony spice! on page 8
I hae gaithert ma myrrh an spice, on page 9

2 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
And in gangs sugar, cream and Spice; on page 91

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
langage lends that important spice til a piece, parteeclar whaur on page 35

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
e twitched at the smell o Old Spice. His big brother's eftershave on page 44

1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
he neb, sweet plummy fruit an spice in the mooth. Gaes braw wi ch(2020)

@LowEndJardo tweeted
at intae 7 spices or boyywood spice at 3 in the morning get a rea (2021) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
kennt as a spice. on page 19

1 matches

General Ulster

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Sugar an spice, on page 32

1 matches

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