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Use in varieties of Scots

sparkin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.5 3.5 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences87 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors6 5 1

Occurrences of sparkin in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
n Treeza, like. Aw right, I'm sparkin mad, tell the truth. No getti on page 1

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Sparkin their clogs alang the cobbled on page 99

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Uncountable boots sparkin the cobble sets on page 63

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
cuppin his hauns the gither, sparkin the roll-up he hud behind his
ke a toke yersel?’ he sais, sparkin it. Ah nod an he hauds it tae
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
The flat is sparkin clean again and ah feel maire
1 matches

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Introduction, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ents in Doric wis identified, sparkin iss idea for an anthology o s on page 9

1 matches

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