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Use in varieties of Scots

spoons Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 2.5 0 9.9 17.4 0 0
Number of occurrences95 0 1 3 0 0
Number of authors6 4 1 1

Occurrences of spoons in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
ae hit their pots and pans wi spoons and forks and onythin else th on page 19

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
ir smeddum, he had yin or twa spoons fou o Roosbreakfast efter mea on page 33

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
lin tae raise thakin, plastic spoons tae their mouths tae eat soup on page 87

1 matches

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
Like twa spoons in a drawer - that wis us. T
1 matches

@rattlecans tweeted
system still churns oot these spoons who think tellies are edible. (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
cuddlan up like spoons, on page 123

1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Announcin Truncherfaece twins, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
“At least wi hae twa silver spoons,” said Gutteryaggle as she
” she said hockin da silver spoons oot o her pinafore pocket.
ass on my lap tae shaa her da spoons. I couldna believe hit when s
3 matches

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