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Use in varieties of Scots

spier Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.7 19 6 19.9 0 31 4.4
Number of occurrences4737 4 2 0 3 1
Number of authors19 10 4 1 3 1

Occurrences of spier in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Robertson, James Black Cuddy, (Scottish Book Trust 2019) Central, prose
e stared, but afore she could spier it wis Wheesht! Can ye no see on page 2

1 matches

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
near ett by a lion,' she wid spier. And Obed, wha'd tellt her th on page 5
po thocht intae himsel. If ye spier a body whit they saw, they af on page 45
ut afore she had the time tae spier on page 51

3 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 82 - Ae Legend o Sanct Benedict, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
him spier. You, damnpt deil there, inby on page 52

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ivlin out in her mynd an syne spier, 'Dae ye mean . . . ?' ti mak on page 31

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Spier it questions day or nicht, on page 21
"Queen, dinnae spier me ony mair. on page 22
'Noo dae exactly whit I spier ye. on page 23
Tae spier it whit he wished tae ken. on page 26
I spier again, whit wid ye think on page 33

5 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
at wance. 'Coorse it's true! Spier onybody ye like!' on page 16
o a sudden, Mr Wonka had tae spier ilka singil ane o them tae ge on page 18
uted, when somebody tried tae spier him a question. "Did I no ¢e on page 40

3 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
r afore this Thing cam up tae spier and leer, on page 130

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
ma door. Sae I'll get up and spier at him no tae dae it' on page 19
birlin roond noo and then tae spier, 'Is it this wey?' - and noo on page 29
ded that he had forgotten tae spier wha Tottie wis, and if he wis on page 36
abbit. "That's whit I cam tae spier ye. Whit like are they?" on page 75
the wan thing I'm wantin tae spier ye, on page 82
Also on pages 95, 105, 144, 151
10 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
ye quite shair?' Mrs Tod wid spier. on page 33
'Dinna spier sae mony questions. Stert how on page 44
tly, said Mr Tod. 'But let me spier ye this: on page 79

3 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
An spier'd what was't they ca'd her.
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
kle maiter whither words like spier taks - t or - ed, the importa
n constructs like ‘Thae wha spier...’ an ‘Thaim (th)at spie
2 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
tory, but did thay spier at thairsels whit for he haed
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ofessionally’, an began tae spier at Knox whaur he wis findin t
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
tae mak answer sae thay dinna spier, an juist wags thair hauns at
hin hissel he disna think tae spier hou is’t she kens them.
2 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
’ve’, ye cud wricht it ‘spier’ rather as ask… bit it’
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
k, Niamh. A’m gonnae huv to spier ye a wee question, an A want
1 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
se? Mr Hustings unnerteuk tae spier aboot an tae repoort the neis on page 30

1 matches

Banff Academy Aiberdeenshire Bairns an Young Fowk’s Chairter , (GIRFEC 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
's gaan on. Dinna jaloose it, spier at us fit wi think, an if som
1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
“A’ll spier it Uncle Tam, heez makin ower
1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
or spier hoo I’d be kennin.
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Me sister spier'd wi shilpid face. "Hid canna on page 9
Sheu spier'd me, "John - div ye nae ken on page 10

2 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Naebodie Ah spier kens its name. on page 36

1 matches

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@StuartPoet tweeted
Wee spier fir @scotslanguage pals. Mum (2020) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
nor tha lave tha gumption tae spier on page 49

1 matches

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