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The word 'sparkled'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sparkledOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.586
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 2
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 sparkled in Corpus

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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ed aboot and, Bessie, the sea sparkled like gless. We lay up on the on page 22

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Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
red aboot an, Bessie, the sea sparkled like gless. We lay up on the on page 76

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
lue water simply glistened an sparkled in the sin.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
oup eh lassies wurr layed oot sparkled er the flair, unconscious fae
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
nny as he hits the deck. He's sparkled but he's awright cos his slee on page 19

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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
k out. Ah’m oan the canvas, sparkled. ‘I’ll call him later on
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
pproachin the poor cunt, lyin sparkled, his eye closed oer, blood pi
1 matches

General Central

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
covered in glitter, and they sparkled in the daurk. Ah pressed ma f
1 matches

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