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Use in varieties of Scots

speerin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 1.5 12.1 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences123 8 0 0 0 1
Number of authors7 2 4 1

Occurrences of speerin in Corpus

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Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
speerin' intae ither folks' daein's, on page 8
e young ains advice, an' them speerin' wha they've been, mind, ye'l on page 13

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
Clishmaclaivers', 'Nichtfa', 'Speerin', 'Cheils', 'Widder', 'Sennac on page 123

1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Fit aboot prawns? The man wis speerin Ye can keep yer queer concoct on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Yon twa quines fae London war speerin if wi'd like te meet up wi em on page 44

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Beldie leuch afore speerin, "Fit did he think o the new on page 19
zing! Fabulous!', An aabody's speerin fit ane anither wirks at: 'An on page 31

3 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Yer speerin me iviry noo an 'en on page 181

1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
amnt fine faa’s wyte it is! Speerin, aye speerin! Aye wintin ti k
, aye speerin! Aye wintin ti ken. Yir winti
2 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
He'd prog the thochts o speerin men, on page 40

1 matches

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