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The word 'spices'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
spicesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.11710
ORK - Orkney
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 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 1
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 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) 54.5 3 1

Occurrences of spices in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
y held awa hame an sortit oot spices an intments; syne they ristit on page 120

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ice an gaithered the herbs an spices an veg fur a richt fine curry
1 matches

General Northern

Reid, Adeline Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Clootie Duff, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
, raisins, suet, satt, sugar, spices, an aa kynes o magic stuff on page 20
The yoams fae the reekin spices gaurs mony a mou fair watter on page 21

2 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
e' road neither. Jist exotic spices selt ayre noo.(2019)

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
His haffets are like beds o spices, on page 11
tae the beds o spices, on page 12
oan the hills o spices! on page 19

3 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ed wae the aromatic smells ay spices an exotic, middle-class dishe
1 matches

General Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
upstream. Furs, wine, mibbie spices. It'll be lichtly gairdit, an on page 54

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
m wine, infused wi cloves and spices. At his side was a plate of b on page 3

1 matches

@LowEndJardo tweeted
ces but I wanty stoat intae 7 spices or boyywood spice at 3 in the (2021) twitter link
X11 back tae newmains for a 7 spices cause av broke the seal, god (2021) twitter link

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ye gie a tenth o yer gairden spices sitch as mint an rue, but ye on page 90
air. The' went awa an made up spices an ointments, an then the' st on page 110
m tae tha tomb, an brocht tha spices the' haed made readie. [An th on page 111

3 matches

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