A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

spys Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.6 0.5 0 29.8 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences51 0 3 0 1 0
Number of authors2 1 1 1

Occurrences of spys in Corpus

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Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ane spys some men wha're thrang up oan on page 12

1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Olaf spys a peak an mairks hid. Inga se on page 24
"Whit did thoo hear?" Darling spys the danger this time. "Oh," s on page 124

2 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
she spys thair vooels roondan, thair c
1 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Ane spys some men wha're thrang up oan on page 219

1 matches

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