A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'spangin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
spanginOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.586
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of spangin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e Maisie fae caal meats comin spangin ben the pavement. "Ay, ay," s on page 25
boot er like a shield an gaed spangin ben the haall. "Ah still cann on page 60

2 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
od lookin he wis, heid heich, spangin oot, swingin his airms an tos
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
ms yoke tee." An Hattare gaed spangin awaa like a girselowper. on page 97
alkyne answer't aiverie-like, spangin forenenst Ailice tae present on page 98

2 matches

West Central

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit's For Ye'll No Gae By Ye, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
olite for champin ye, spangin
1 matches

Glasgow

Eunson, Catherine This Winter, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
belted gabardine, spangin through the bracken
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
ilka stride he wis spangin ower a burn.
1 matches

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