A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sprayin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 4.6 3 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences129 2 0 1 0 0
Number of authors9 6 2 1

Occurrences of sprayin in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
auld Zephyr. He micht've been sprayin weedkiller. But no in the gut on page 1

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
As the chocolate waves are sprayin on page 96
A machine wi white pooder sprayin oot o it like a snawstorm ... on page 140

2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
an gie ower this incessant sprayin.
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
n stertit gluggin the watter, sprayin the bluid, sweat an clart aff
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ective Equipment!’ he sais, sprayin me wae the words. Nae danger
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
, sword an’ dirk. Cannister sprayin’ us withoot mercy, then at
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
lcohol flies through the air, sprayin oer people. Naeboady cares th
n screamin in ma face, saliva sprayin oer me in concurrence. Ah gra
2 matches

Doric

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
n Setterday efterneen she wis sprayin the roses an Grandad wis snoo on page 94

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
ago. (Sprayin kills the knott girse noo a d
1 matches

Shetland

Manson, Finnley Wir Beach, (Scots Hoose 2017) Shetland, weans
Sprayin up ower da beach.
1 matches

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