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The word 'spiel'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
spielOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.71914
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 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 91.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 22.2 5 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
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 20 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of spiel in Corpus

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Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
On an on geed hir endliss spiel on page 151

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
rither-in-law Neil gied a wee spiel aboot culture-cairriers tae t
1 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
gied his ballot spiel.
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
Pechtish dice spiel
This bonnie wee dice spiel is inscrievit wi “The Pecht
2 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
unner the pompous, foubreekit spiel o the high heidyins; ay, but on page 75

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
then she rattult aff this big spiel that ah couldnae make heid no on page 20
ersations ah got a full-blown spiel aboot the colour ae ma aura a on page 169

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
n a Sunday service for a lang spiel, which maks this new muteness
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Spiel Ma doactur telt me no’ tae
Smilin’ when his spiel wis done
2 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e be enlightened wae whitever spiel he’s goat lined up that day
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
van McNulty gave me the full spiel - ah’d forced his haun an
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
tae spiel amang their tottie hings on page 6

1 matches

Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
Noo, afore I feenish this wee spiel aboot oor daeins, I ettle tae on page 59

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
t him ma task and gied him ma spiel on page 123

1 matches

Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
EIVE is yaised tae cairry the spiel. on page 46

1 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
turs are fly getts: gied me a spiel aboot daein my wundaes on the (2014) twitter link
e his #UlsterScots swearin in spiel doon in Westmeenster... http: (2015) twitter link