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The word 'spurs'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
spursOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.3177
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 28.1 11 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
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 spurs in Corpus

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Orkney

Brown, Moyra Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
-waays beciss I wis wearin me spurs. on page 29

1 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
live ootside plus the mighty spurs doin the bizz tae end a crack (2020) twitter link
baw m8 - fancied a rangers n spurs double 2 nite lol (2020) twitter link
arsenal - cannae wait to the spurs spank them lol (2020) twitter link
aways hud a soft spot fir the spurs n who knows cood this b the y (2020) twitter link
o - the dream team the mitey spurs brother hae dun the bizz - g (2020) twitter link
and 6 other occurrences.

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
The cowpoke's spurs spiked and spinnin on page 79

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
grips - chink-chink-chink o spurs. Bit instead Ah dragged thon
1 matches

General Central

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
A warrior ti his very spurs! on page 35

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
e main line tae Edinb’ry wi spurs aff tae the coallieries. Ahen
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
the early Barcelona derbies. Spurs had 3 Derval boys in their te(2020)

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