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

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Southern - SEA spak braid Scots wi ae kenable Coc
Central - SEC spak mensefu, grown up athout the
Central - LAL spak o hard wark an hard lifes, fa
Shetland - SHD spak. "I most geng an get ready ta
Central - LAL ar Giordano Bruno (1546-1600) spak aboot sindry warlds afore thr
Central - LAL He gied it laldie, spak it plain
Central - SEC nie Roddenberrie’s draucht, spak
Central - SEC Whit hairst wes here? The ill-spak talk o fuils,
Central - LAL Whit hairst wis here? The ill-spak talk o fuils,
Shetland - SHD an left her tied tae da pier; spak tae da costgaird on da marine
Southern - SEA Borth’ick i thain days, aa spak ae guid
Shetland - SHD r ageen, tho, seein as dey aa spak at ee time, shö truly fan it
Southern - SEA ht ont thum. The laist tyme A spak til Dave, wis it the heid o t
Central - SEC ekin doun at the Den, afore A spak. "A can see that, Airchie, A
Central - SEA juist heard – the tongue A spak amang my schuil friens an wi
Doric - ABN dy. The anely fowk he kent fa spak like yon bedd inside the radi
Central - SEC Wha spak o ither nor Mark, that he'd g
Shetland - SHD − Wha spak til dee?
Central - AYR he price o corn.' The wey Rab spak, Edam jaloused somethin no ri
Central - LAL e end a tryst wis gree'd. Bob spak ne'er a word out-throu the ha
Central - LAL ie centuries syne, the Gaelic spak in Scotland wis referrit tae
Central - LAL , which refers tae the Gaelic spak in Ireland.
Central - LAL fur tae descrieve the Gaelic spak in Scotland. In Scottish Engl
Central - SEC pleesant lukkin lass wha Ah'd spak tae aince ir twice afore an w
Shetland - SHD " shouted John. "Dat ring dad spak aboot!"
Central - EDN dna speik afoir the Keing hed spak sae thai hauddit thair wheist
Central - LAL Scots is the Germanic leid spak in Scotland. It is closely re
Central - LAL rk Aganis the Weiris Maitland spak at length aboot the daurk an
Central - SEC Then up and spak a young moose fine.
Central - LAL turs o baith the scrievit and spak leid).
Central - LAL maist pairt been scrievit and spak ower the centuries) and gramm
Ulster - EUL a." "Fisther Gibson." Leonard spak wi a smile. "Is thon wee
Doric - MNA an nae on e Sabbath." E Lord spak back till him, "Ye bunch o hy
Central - LAL hen we fund him, tho nae word spak he
Central - SEC s uncle Eck – acause he’d spak up fir Churchill. The sully m
Central - SEC shair whit tae say for he’d spak oot gey ramstam, but efter a
Central - EDN Barbar stuid an wyted. "A hae spak ti Colum an he says gie it a
Central - LAL aboot thaim whae speik or hae spak it. Ah strangly encourage ye
Central - LAL aw thaim whae speik it or hae spak it, scrieve it or hae scrievi
Doric - DOR ae bla' up sic wis e wye shae spak tae me
Central - SEC brig ti Aiberdour’?” Shae spak
Central - SEC t wis then Ah kent Ah hid tae spak ae wey at schuil an anither w
Central - LAL is his wont, Skald begoud tae spak in his ain mainner, savourin
Central - SEC time Ah thocht tae masel tae spak the Inglis kis the tawse wis
Central - LAL Even the meenister cam tae spak a wurd,
Central - LAL ay. His lines shoud aither be spak bi a male actor live or be a
Ulster - EUL e weans left the rum an Grace spak. "An who's leukin efter the w
Shetland - SHD oot whit wye dis wis, a voice spak tae him. 'Come nae closser. T
Doric - DOR wippit aroon her. The prince spak tae her doucely, straikin her
Central - SEC The vyce spak caum-like, ettlin to quaten h
Central - LAL Nae dout anither vyce spak, for he answert it:
Central - LAL He spak ne’er a wird but gaed strau
Central - LAL he spak a wee bit
Central - LAL He spak steively eneuch:
Doric - MNA He spak till them ae time in a parabl
Central - LAL yne, efter a bit seelence, he spak again:
Doric - MNA he’d learned her lesson, he spak some magic
Doric - MNA fae aa e toons roon aboot, he spak till them in a parable: "A fa
Doric - MNA d wid be jist roon e neuk. He spak, "A lad, een o the gintry, ee
Central - LAL didna commonly see or ken. He spak o ae instance o a wumman crye
Central - AYR Keing Throsslebaird again. He spak til her in a freenlie wey, "D
Shetland - SHD some-ean richt afore her. He spak tae her an said, 'Wife, whit
Central - EDN nivver's mukkil's muivit. He spak til'm, as afoir, owre hiz sho
Doric - MNA i God tae be pooerfu in aa he spak an aa his deeins; an foo e he
Doric - ABN Dylan Thomas wid hae said he spak lik 'he had the Elgin Marbles
Doric - MNA ekin tae lat Jesus awa sae he spak till them eence mair, bit the
Doric - ABN is chaain teuch beef. Syne he spak, an his words cam like sput o
Doric - MNA in e coffin steed up. Syne he spak, "Hey, ma loon, A say till ye
Central - LAL An he spak nae mair, because he wis gree
Doric - MNA doon tae ett wi them." An he spak iss parable till them: "Fitna
Shetland - SHD d, 'Paece be apo you.' Dan he spak ta Tammas. 'Set dy finger yon
Shetland - SHD telt dem ta sit doon. Dan he spak tae dem aboot life an da Loar
Central - LAL ey were needin tae ken fan he spak aboot caaf beds. Thinkin o st
Central - EDN ti gie soun avysins. Whan he spak, the Keing leistent.
Central - LAL whit Perry wis seein, when he spak, wis that either drama in Sco
Central - SEA veisitor we played wi, tho he spak nae English; an our lullabies
Central - SEC rter wis awar that the MSP he spak til was no aa that browdent o
Doric - DOR heild on wi waffin about, she spak again, in a wee blate-kyn vyc
Central - SEC indwellers left. She spak o some lads as likely to get
Central - SEC r what haed Janice meant. She spak quait, like she wis still thi
Shetland - SHD t, spaekin low an fast. As he spak, he skoitit ower his shooder
Shetland - SHD He stöd in ahint Alice as he spak.
Doric - DOR , gomin awaa fae Ailice as he spak, "tae be caa'd an 'eggie'sair
Shetland - SHD gyaain doon apo ee knee as he spak, "we wir tryin..."
Central - EDN laes wes, an courss-lik as he spak, he hed nane o the apperance
Shetland - SHD an makkin faces at him as he spak.
Shetland - SHD said da Lory, trimmlin as he spak.
Shetland - SHD He oonfaaldit da letter as he spak, an dan he said, "Hit's no a
Shetland - SHD in Alice a richt glower as he spak.
Shetland - SHD He shiftit as he spak, an da Dormoose followed efte
Central - LAL t efter anither wee while she spak up again.
Central - WCE Noo she wis souple she spak owernicht
Central - LAL haed seen an tholed. Syne she spak o the
Doric - DOR t a haad o the fyaakie as she spak, an gomed roun for the aaner
Shetland - SHD Noo-a-days he spak maistlins tae himsel, tröttl
Shetland - SHD m ta mean onything, an yit he spak da sam language as hersel. "I
Central - LAL literature - as weel as the spak tongue o coontless thoosans o
Central - LAL nae hae a choice o the wey he spak maist o the time. He'd had a
Doric - MNA t at his preachin, cause | he spak wi aathority, nae lik their a
Doric - DOR A wifie spak an ah axd "f''lyke noo?", an
Central - WCE the weeks efterhaund, Willie spak o his renewed howp in the cre
Central - WCE s whit fittit best, an Willie spak aften aboot the period as bei
Central - LAL vel Armata, fae 1817, Erskine spak o a veage atween warlds in a
Central - LAL sae can leids - fur they are spak by fowk.
Shetland - SHD I/we spak til Mary means at da spaeker(
Shetland - SHD An dat wis da last time we spak.
Central - SEC mes: As I thocht. The mair we spak, the mair I am persuadit that
Central - SEC A' thru the nicht we spak nae word
Doric - MNA r yer Grandfather, indeed! Ye spak as if ye hid been in the midd
Central - LAL its bygane, and baith are aye spak and scrievit across the kintr
Shetland - SHD Eftir dat we aye spak. I didna keen muckle aboot he
Central - NEC turnt tae the 1940s. Fowk aye spak o the lichts, but the war in
Central - SEC ongue, namelie that quhilk ye spak. Why dae ye Hielanders persis
Central - LAL ertin tae look for it whan ye spak tae me.'
Central - LAL So ye spak and the world didnae listen,
Central - SEC But naething spak;
Central - LAL er utter bumbazement, the dug spak.
Doric - MNA is o him att e prophit Isaiah spak fan he said, "A vice roarin o
Central - LAL Mebbi Ah Spak Owre Suin
Central - SEC aces whit Grannie hid when Ah spak tae her in the Inglis. Div th
Southern - SEA ma heid’s inti snaw sen Ah spak it.
Central - LAL lary specific tae the English spak and scrievit in Scotland. Muc
Central - LAL cotland, includin the English spak in Scotland.
Central - LAL , and are pairt o the English spak in Scotland forby.
Central - LAL o pluricentric Global English spak and scrievit in Scotland.
Central - LAL nglish (the variant o English spak in Scotland) as opposed tae b
Central - LAL tate tae state, it is English spak with significantly siblike US
Shetland - SHD I spak back an fore till shü dozed
Doric - MNA r lug...'Fin I wis a bairn, I spak as a bairn, I kent as a bairn
Southern - SEA tho she wisna hearin a word I spak. I touched her broo. It wis t
Southern - SEA Hei spak the treuth, bot hei didna tel
Central - SEC ekin doun at the Den, afore I spak. "I can see that, Airchie, I
Central - LAL It's a lang day or I spak wi a mensefu man, wi harns ah
Shetland - SHD body can tell fur sure, bit I spak wi him aerlier on dat eftirnu
Doric - MNA Jock wis e Messiah. Bit Jock spak oot an said till them aa, "I
Central - SEC ae Burns's time. Burns hissel spak o Scots as "auld", "braid" or
Central - SEC at ither times. Noo Ah still spak jist hoo Ah want bit Ah never
Shetland - SHDrs a fair few aald bodies I'm spak wi wha says 'scabby' an aa.
Shetland - SHD sed sometheen, fur nane a dem spak. "Weel lat me tell you dis, d
Doric - MNA A fyow o them spak aboot e Temple, fitten gran i
Doric - DOR an spak o death in ways at distanced
Central - SEC An spak our ain leid syne wi yaised t
Southern - SEA an spak till huz bairns it Roberton s
Central - EDN Scots is closely sib tae, an spak i the ae kintra as, a major w
Central - EDN rra het up an onfreindlie, an spak wi a guid bit friedome.
Shetland - SHD da hookah oot o his mooth, an spak in a döless, sleepy voice.
Shetland - SHD telt me at du guid ta her, An spak ta him o me:
Doric - MNA ra meenit, she thankit God an spak aboot e bairnie tae aa att so
Shetland - SHD n him lik a doo. Dan some-ean spak fae abön an said, 'Dis is my
Southern - SEA aerd us oot richt innerlie an spak fair, but wis cowpit sidelins
Central - AYR fferty, wha wis stane deif an spak loodly in her braw Geordie tw
Doric - MNA tin transfixed as Miss Buchan spak o the starnie.
Shetland - SHD Da man spak tae da wife.
Shetland - SHD Da man spak tae da wife.
Shetland - SHD Dan da Göd Man spak, 'Lat wis hae licht.' An da l
Doric - MNA laed him. He wilcomed them an spak till them aboot e Keengdom o
Doric - MNA Up an spak a ladye syne,
Doric - MNA Syne up an spak a ladye fair*,
Shetland - SHD niece Davina. Shü cam up an spak tae da medical fokk, an somew
Doric - MNA Then up an spak a Cooncillor wise,
Ulster - EUL wi his clesped forefingets an spak richt an careful. "Mrs Higgin
Shetland - SHDrowback tae dat time I met an spak wi #PrincessAnne twice in 24
Central - EDN he owthar hed a waarm hert an spak til thaim direk-lik, wi quate
Central - EDN Ma luve answert an spak tae me sicweys:
Central - EDN place. He gaed tae Lanzhou an spak tae Beatrice’s boss. Walfar
Doric - MNA lijah, fa appeart in glory an spak o his ein an e things att wid
Doric - DOR doutit fae the wye the Queen spak at she wes jist a haet fasht,
Southern - SEA grit tales tae tell an affen spak aboot the ongangins in an abo
Southern - SEA Ma faither affen spak, wi umour, aboot Auld Mag, wh
Central - LAL uffie wee maid in the kitchen spak up, even though she wisnae me
Central - LAL Unfashed, the Lawland men spak weel
Central - WCE lie performance, Scott e’en spak til the audience). He believe
Central - EDN in wi it. Raggle an Derriakin spak a lot aboot thair granmither.
Doric wes estimate near 1.6 million spak Scots as their mither tongue.
Doric - DOR d, nor whit he did aw day. Oo spak different leids ye ken. Moseg
Shetland - SHD cht juist as weel say," - up spak da Dormoose, an he seemed ta
Central - LAL An up spak, strechtwise, the canny an gu
Central - LAL Than up spak Hadubrand, the ither's sinn:
Central - NEC ldnae or wadnae leave, Sellar spak his maist famous wirds: “Ac
Shetland - SHD Da Caterpillar spak first.
Shetland - SHD afil crimp wye da Caterpillar spak, an shö drew hersel up an sa
Doric - MNA tter on e Sabbath. They ne'er spak a wird. Sae Jesus teuk e lad
Central - LAL Her faither spak the nems o the crossroads alo
Doric - MNA er his fadder. Bit his mither spak oot an said, "'Na, he'll be c
Central - SEC The philosopher J. F. Ferrier spak o thocht takkin its time. Tho
Shetland - SHD Da Hat-makker spak on. "Hit gengs on laek dis, d
Shetland - SHD wa tagedder. An though Hunter spak ceevilly till’r, an funned
Central - LAL the deid-thraws. She niver spak aboot onythin but the
Doric - MNA Tho Furly niver spak o’t, he hungeret fur the au
Central - EDN resaived a pistil, an nivver spak wi onie bot the neipours, an
Central - LAL her, daed, the latter ne’er spak ti thaim, gin thay
Central - LAL compare leids vs cànanan or spak vs bruidhinn. The hale biggin
Central - LAL ll never die” were thewords spak by Salmond on the 19t Septemb
Shetland - SHD Germanic languages dis tribes spak wis distinct bit understaanda
Central - LAL thirlt tae thir airts and is spak aw across Scotland the day. T
Central - LAL hat opens the hail pley an is spak bi the hail cast. In the firs
Central - LAL Scots is spak across the kintra the day, fa
Central - LAL Scots is baith leids that is spak in Scotland
Central - LAL sles, neebourin Norway. It is spak in thrang urban centres sic a
Central - SEC n they imagine that Scots wis spak the wey Douglas wrate it. The
Central - EDN cairn, an ein mensefu cheils spak o eikin a chukkie ti'd. Bi a
Central - EDN at tyme, bot at the incummers spak ane "English" tung. Ye ken at
Central - NEC e’s a guid amoont o haivers spak aboot the Pechts, an little t
Doric - MNA 's alive." A fyow o e laayers spak oot, "Weel said, Maister." Bi
Shetland - SHD ore dem. An dey öt. Mistress spak ceevilly tö. An a hale an ha
Doric - MNA They were fisher fowk. Jesus spak tae them: "Come wi me an A'll
Central - SWE wi thair orra brawness, that spak o haurd wark throu the Scots
Central - WCE There yince wis a dug that spak lik a dug:
Doric - DOR g, lingerin look; a look that spak o a deep pyne; an a look o pe
Central - LAL for grantit amang thaim that spak it in the heichest places o t
Central - LAL ing cless fowk – thaim that spak Scots – cuid tak a haun in
Central - LAL , they sang sailin sangs that spak o storms an ill wins, thochts
Southern - SEA lassie in Broughty Ferry that spak aboot the Toe Brig, kis she t
Shetland - SHD e "Yon's Bill!" dan da Rabbit spak - "Catch him, you at da daek
Central - LAL import o the heivenly leid it spak. Cecco aiblins hedna a saul c
Central - LAL e coud mak out hou his spreit spak o Beatrice (deid langsyne) bu
Doric - MNA ill ee prophisy att e prophit spak: 'A will cry ma loonie oot o
Central - WCE ry owerhyped, but the fear it spak til wis real an rational. Eve
Central - SEC Oot spak he, his heid ajee
Central - EDN ither, be mercifu to me!" but spak back as afore: "Lee me alane
Central - DUN s ye wuid expeck, gey near aw spak ane o, ither o oor ain tungs.
Southern - SEA huz, thay spak i guid Border Lallans an wuid
Central - LAL hairsels gaun bi whither thay spak Scots Gaelic, or Scots, wi Ga
Central - LAL it wad'a been Scots that thay spak as thaif mither tongue. Thay
Central - EDN Aabody spak that evenin o the wee treats
Central - EDN spoken, but, certes, naebody spak 'Qoheleth' ony mair than onya
Shetland - SHD dey set dem doon, an naebody spak ava for twartree meenits. Ali
Doric - ABN But naebody spak.
Central - LAL day, son" Doon thoner awbody spak Scots aw the time. I mind ain
Shetland - SHD Dey spak aboot gettin a new tag fur he
Shetland - SHD wis foo ta get dry ageen: dey spak it ower among demsels, an eft
Shetland - SHD is foo o his glory.' Whan dey spak da hale place shook an wis fo
Shetland - SHD e o kennin whit languages dey spak. Da Indo-European languages h
Central - EDN They spak for a while aboot ither thing
Orkney - ORK They spak hid ower atween the twa o' th
Central - EDN They spak for a while aboot ither thing
Central - EDN year auld, seiven, ten, they spak aboot thair ancestors, bit it
Central - LAL seized Dumbarton's rock; they spak
Central - LAL d lugged intae ilka wurd they spak. Sune, she wid be
Orkney - ORK , bit hid wis the fishin they spak maist aboot, for some boats h
Central - LAL ed aroond in his heid as they spak o whit he had done, or forgot
Central - LAL wirds maistly sayed that they spak Scots, in response tae a sind
Central - SEC wick an sayin what funny they spak. Ance A'd gotten tae ken the
Ulster - GUL ure. Gerald jined in. Dorothy spak onlie tae ax whit gate tae ga
Shetland - SHD ne year aald again. We herdly spak aa da rodd hame. Man hit's ee
Central - LAL the Scots leid, but he rarely spak it in his ain hoose or wi his
Central - LAL An cheerly spak o journey's end whaur she
Shetland - SHD spaek 'speak, talk' ~ spak
Shetland - SHD y're comin wi guddicks." Shö spak up an said "I believe I can g
Shetland - SHD e wis doon till a glöd, shö spak ta me.
Shetland - SHD ead; an turnin ta Alice, shö spak on, "Whit's dee name, lass?"
Shetland - SHD tened whin he cam in, an shö spak till’m es kindly es ever sh
Shetland - SHD her fit apo da grund as shö spak; "edder dee or da head o dee
Shetland - SHD nkstaand at da Lizard as shö spak. (Poor ill-luckit peerie Bill
Shetland - SHD up alang Alice's side as shö spak.
Shetland - SHD aboot as shö spak, but hit never seemed ta be m
Shetland - SHD shö tried ta curtsey as shö spak-fancy curtseyin as you're faa
Shetland - SHD didna care for da wye at shö spak ava, an tocht hit wid be as w