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The word 'spick'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
spickOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus29.29512
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 93.1 21 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 306.8 49 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 26.5 20 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 spick in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ied ahint his back everything spick and span and in hids place an on page 33

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
His hoosie spick an span aye looks on page 15

1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
in the tirl, "I wuss ye cwid spick!" on page 25
but neen o the flouers cewid spick." on page 27
ye gyaan? Haad up your heid, spick dentie-like, an dinna ficher on page 29
mou jist a haet wider fan ye spick, an ayewyes say 'Your Maijest on page 30
lert "Fester! Dinna ettle tae spick!" on page 33
Also on pages 35, 39, 48, 89, 95, 96, 98
18 matches

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
hiv iver seen. Ye canna even spick ye wint een that much. Ye wer
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Michty me, spick aboot celebrating Rabbie Burn(2020)

@glenlivetloon tweeted
ngue fae @Historic_Ally. Awfa spick aboot it on here so gan ti se(2020)

(South) East Central

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
thocht yon was a braw wey tae spick. It fair made yer hert flicht
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ked so hard tae get olivebank spick n span - b oan tae yous awe (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
braith, as she turnt awa tae spick tae the wumman neist her. “
uce in the leid: “Ah dinnae spick Uighur.” Than in Mandarin,
Than in Mandarin, “Div ye spick Chinese?”
sayed naethin. “We maistly spick the Auld Langage,” Hsien ga
clear, acause fowk begoud tae spick an muve aboot.
49 matches

General Central

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Bluid will spick for bluid - on page 18
Spick nae mair, quine. on page 21
he Fower Maries: That gars us spick mair bold an clear. on page 24
Jean: If it'll help ye. Spick on. on page 35

14 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
ots spickers tae chynge their spick is pit on i the name of thir on page 9

2 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ice. Nelde et al. gang on tae spick aboot a 'modernist discourse' on page 56

3 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
this pynt we are stertin tae spick o langage daith.
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
in jist look at ma flat. It's spick an span no a bit a stoor in s on page 45

1 matches

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