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Occurrences of spaek in Corpus sorted by last letter of previous word

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Shetland - SHD spaek = 'talk' in StE: We wid ey si
Orkney - ORK Spaek tae him ur his like
Shetland - SHD spaek 'speak, talk' ~ spak
Central - SEC ke this is "aesy", "raeson", "spaek" an "daecent".
Shetland - SHD l aabody understaands aathin (spaek da sam
Shetland - SHD naebody understaands onythin (spaek different languages), an dial
Shetland - SHD oo, dug, bag, hoose, gadder, spaek, ken, blyde.
Orkney - ORK aliesaetion, firdered bi text-spaek an Twitter abbrevieaetions an
Shetland - SHD e again dis is whit ta say - spaek Loard, fir dy servant is list
Shetland - SHD o you spell your wirds; we aa spaek different an' different areas
Orkney - ORK ow wad hid be gin we didno aa spaek the leid o govrenment? – or
Shetland - SHD nda blyde ta be able ta hae a spaek wi someen.
Orkney - ORK euv aroon, the mor tungs we a spaek wi.
Orkney - ORK didna say it though, I didna spaek,
Shetland - SHD said da Hat-makker, "du widna spaek aboot wastin hit. Hit's him."
Shetland - SHD We couldna spaek tae dem, but liftit
Shetland - SHD kent. As her coach I couldna spaek tae her durin da competeeshin
Shetland - SHD e wis a sooth man, an couldna spaek Shetland, but a göd enyoch v
Shetland - SHD rest him dere, whin he coodna spaek da language. I never said clo
Shetland - SHD Whin he feenished, I coodna spaek, an da silence stretched on,
Shetland - SHD "Dan du soodna spaek," said da Hat-makker.
Shetland - SHD dis year. Dey say you soodna spaek ill o da deid, bit shü wis a
Shetland - SHD idna see him, du sallna/sudna spaek, he willna/widna come, we irn
Shetland - SHD at darena spaek hit’s nem.
Shetland - SHD Fences canna spaek laek a daek -
Shetland - SHD Dem dat canna spaek - 'll start ta roar.
Orkney - ORKuy books in languages I dinna spaek!
Shetland - SHD "Dunna spaek dirt," said Alice, less peeri
Shetland - SHD 'Your fock an wir fock dunna spaek', shö said. 'So whit wye is
Orkney - ORK a shy lad, though, and disna spaek,
Central - SEC e spiers, “My brither disna spaek.”
Shetland - SHD ticed is at, whin fock duisna spaek aboot ‘spaekin dialect’ d
Shetland - SHD ead taen aff, an fok wisna ta spaek dirt.
Shetland - SHD gied oot an dey aa started ta spaek in a strenge kind o wye - so
Shetland - SHD s taen ta Tracy. Ah'll hae ta spaek ta Chloe an Brian afore I spa
Shetland - SHD a bein up against hit, sae ta spaek, bit damndee wan. If a traale
Shetland - SHD in awa ageen, an guid back ta spaek a peerie scaar mair wi her pa
Shetland - SHD ip o da stray dugs dat cam ta spaek. Dis pör body wissed dat he
Shetland - SHD e-Cat: noo A'll hae someen ta spaek tae."
Shetland - SHD k if du wis da hidmist een ta spaek
Shetland - SHD Mary saa dat I wis needin ta spaek mair as hae maet, an bliss he
Shetland - SHD at da checkoot wis waitin ta spaek.
Shetland - SHD omeane a my ain generation ta spaek tae. Happy Christmas, Moira."
Shetland - SHD a hale thing, an wis aaber ta spaek aboot somethin idder.
Shetland - SHD t wis guid menners for her ta spaek first, "whit wye your cat gri
Shetland - SHD wi dir nets. He gied ower ta spaek ta dem an sat on wan o dir bo
Shetland - SHD asses startit ta come ower ta spaek.
Shetland - SHD ons?" said Alice, in a aet ta spaek aboot somethin idder.
Shetland - SHD oy, an dat maks dee forget ta spaek. I canna tell dee eenoo whit
Shetland - SHD he tocht at somebody ocht ta spaek, an naebody idder seemed will
Shetland - SHD Loard said 'Wha can I pit ta spaek tae da fock? Wha 'Il tak dat
Shetland - SHD ur du obviously didna want ta spaek aboot it, bit dat lass is no
Shetland - SHD etlan. Whaar fock wis wint ta spaek aboot ‘spaekin Shaetlan’,
Shetland - SHD er, for shö wis aye ready ta spaek aboot her pet: "Dinah is wir
Shetland - SHD ver guess, here's somebody ta spaek ta dee," an dan her lugs filt
Shetland - SHD rch Hare. "Winder if we could spaek aboot somethin idder," said h
Shetland - SHD as we micht say if we could spaek aboot modern things laek comp
Shetland - SHD 's braaly laekly at hit could spaek: onywye, der nae herm in tryi
Shetland - SHD "Lass we cood spaek fur da hale fortnight an no c
Orkney - ORK nt this steps afore sheu coud spaek (sheu wis a backerly spaeker)
Shetland - SHD t form (du) is onli øsed tae spaek aboot ee body (singular addre
Shetland - SHD (Du'll hae tae spaek up fur I canna hear dee).
Shetland - SHD Thanks Ann! I'm ay blyde tae spaek aboot my wild neighbours. Aa
Shetland - SHD Da fokk at tell me tae spaek Engleesh
Orkney - ORK ir, no unnerstannan enogh tae spaek,
Orkney - ORKey at chantan means tryan tae spaek waeoot yer accent?
Shetland - SHD art tae fin a frog willin tae spaek. Dey ir naturally blate craet
Central - SEC ven noticed Elsie startin tae spaek that wey a bittie. An Janice
Orkney - ORK omirs spaekan (or traiän tae spaek) Orcadian, atakan a traveleen
Orkney - ORK it, right enof, bit chos tae spaek tae wir comrads an femlies wi
Orkney - ORK o her craft. "Ye'll waant tae spaek tae Eynar
Orkney - ORK like he might jist waant tae spaek -
Shetland - SHD idda plaesses at wis wint tae spaek Norn (Orkney an Caithness).
Central - SEC rt, an me wi nae idea hou tae spaek aboot thae kin o things. It's
Central - SEC rt, an me wi nae idea hou tae spaek aboot thae kin o things. It's
Orkney - ORK Will a lone voice spaek up on the Eve o Aal Hallows?
Orkney - ORK Will a lone voice spaek up on the Eve o Aal Hallows?
Orkney - ORK contemprir Orcadians akchilee spaek.
Central - SEC , Scots wis relegated tae the spaek o Scottish characters in nove
Shetland - SHD "Oh, fur goodness sake spaek sense, wife, du's shurly no s
Shetland - SHD sae we spaek jöst whit we tink, an whit w
Orkney - ORK t. We kin be conshis o hoo we spaek, an meuv gliblee ithoot fashi
Orkney - ORK an in the nanosekind afore ye spaek whan ye reealais a the soshil
Central - SEC can sign. “What wey div ye spaek sae guid?” he spiers, “My
Orkney - ORK Inga an Olaf spaek bisness
Orkney - ORK I spaek, 'Weel, Mr Clouston, I hope n
Orkney - ORK terklee tae the langwach thei spaek in – whit, firnent skeuleen
Orkney - ORK kirs ken snellee hoo hoo thei spaek cheenchis ithers’ persepshi
Shetland - SHD Da Wye At I Spaek
Shetland - SHD At da wye at I spaek isna a language.
Orkney - ORK ." "Aye weel," he says, "fock spaek a lot o guff." An he gangs ta
Orkney - ORK The folk spaek aafal funny here - you widna
Orkney - ORK Orcadians don't aal spaek the same ither. Different per
Orkney - ORK eu smiles, promieses thay''ll spaek, cheerios, an firm taks Darli
Orkney - ORK ks a peedie while afore he'll spaek.
Orkney - ORK "We'll spaek more in the morneen bit, fur
Shetland - SHD is no ta be sneezed at. We'll spaek aboot whit göd wrang whin we
Shetland - SHD da toon an dere some-ean 'll spaek ta dee.'
Orkney - ORK idn't speak?" asks Noor. 'All spaek whan Am gotten somtheen tae o
Shetland - SHD is a bairn, da wye at I still spaek, an whit I wid a caad, an wid
Shetland - SHD ower generations on dey still spaek aboot hoo dir great great gra
Central - SEC the maet awae. I think I’ll spaek tae him aboot that. Amen.
Shetland - SHD m entity. Fir example, we can spaek aboot a coo 'a cow' or five c
Shetland - SHD tus, an dat written form, dan spaek aboot ‘preservin da dialect
Shetland - SHD Sae we'll write an read an spaek hit,
Central - SEC eirsels intae Scots, baith in spaek an on paper. A example is the
Central - SEC iter o chyce). Altho baith in spaek an traditional texts the dist
Orkney - ORK thlee, sumtaims slolee. A kin spaek pasabil RP, bit haer an thir
Orkney - ORK en hid an aa, an Aslaug wadno spaek aboot hid, but A''m haerd her
Orkney - ORKs a language - why can we no spaek aboot Scots waeoot haean to d
Shetland - SHD be aafil offended. "We'll no spaek aboot her ony mair if du wid
Orkney - ORK o much feeling." Astrid canno spaek. Sheu spaeks: "Am no feelan h
Central - SEC I says til him tae try an no spaek like a bairn, aither. Ye ken
Orkney - ORK , in a tong thay deu an dinno spaek, spellan oot "Harvest Home'.
Shetland - SHD "Feth, du better no spaek!" said Five. "Hit wis only ye
Orkney - ORKCD American teenager at disno spaek Scots" is the maist Scots Lei
Orkney - ORK So spaek hid, use hid
Shetland - SHD examples o different kinds o spaek at you micht (or micht no) he
Orkney - ORK Noor an Eynar spaek eftir the Ting
Shetland - SHD third person). Dis can idder spaek aboot ee body (idda singular)
Central - SEC tae the wumman an readin her spaek aff the chiel’s hauns.
Central - SEC en hou is’t she wad raither spaek wi Stuart aboot things than m
Shetland - SHD "Never spaek aboot budder!" said da Duches
Shetland - SHD du back ageen an we'll never spaek aboot cats or dugs edder, if
Orkney - ORK Niver spaek turned tae nicer speak
Orkney - ORK an naen o them ivver spaek aboot hid; Higgie, back
Orkney - ORKoncrieff Ae Giddy Gad, nivver spaek! Aal nivver trust a Lerwick c
Shetland - SHD Wha-ivir dusna dö or spaek ill.
Orkney - ORK atches the laast o the bairns spaek tae the Naemer: Erikasbairn,
Shetland - SHD aid, "I beg dy pardon! Did du spaek?"
Shetland - SHD , da pair o you, an dunna you spaek a wird for A'm feenished."
Shetland - SHD you're really efter. Whan you spaek ta da Göd Man, dunna haep up
Shetland - SHD y - mind on dat whanivir you spaek aboot me.
Shetland - SHD Da wye at you spaek isna a sign
Shetland - SHD r intelligence, da wye at you spaek
Shetland - SHD s juist dat – da wye at you spaek.
Shetland - SHD hear fokk suggest at how you spaek
Orkney - ORK Thay spaek aboot Mars
Orkney - ORK Thay spaek aboot Mars
Orkney - ORK Thay spaek aboot his years o relatievist
Orkney - ORK Thay spaek aboot Orcadia's histry, the t
Orkney - ORK l be shaemed fir the wey thay spaek, an at mor weys o thinkan an
Shetland - SHD , or naethin. In computin dey spaek aboot GIGO - ‘garbage in,
Shetland - SHD oot ‘spaekin dialect’ dey spaek aboot ‘spaekin Burra’ or
Central - SEC in bairns tae "write hou they spaek" is nae wey tae gae aboot it.
Orkney - ORK e fock is naet o feet an only spaek wi quiet voyces:
Central - SEC n - What a day! I can haurly spaek whan she’s thare, I can hau
Shetland - SHD Shaetlan’, noo dey maestly spaek aboot ‘spaekin da dialect
Shetland - SHD KERRY SPAEK