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The word 'spikes'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
spikesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.61510
ORK - Orkney
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 20.3 8 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 spikes in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ron sheen, an sherpen them wi spikes haimmered inno ilkie hole tae
1 matches

General Northern

Philip, George Tales Fae The Doric Side - Winter, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Lang spikes o beauty jeelt an sherp wi th on page 80

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
an o its touns an cities, the spikes on the helmets o the sodgers on page 75

1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
like that and hits wan ae the spikes, ye might get lucky and it’
ntae wan ae the rusty railing spikes. In a movie, there’d be a s
2 matches

Hubbard, Tom Scottish Faust: Poems and Ballads of Eldritch Lore, (Kettillonia 2004) Central, poetry
Twa o the spikes curve upwart ti ilk ither,
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
comes doon oantae wan ae they spikes, ye micht get lucky and it’
ntae wan ae they rusty railin spikes. In a filum, there’d be a s
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
- hope im wrong but too many spikes every where just now (2020) twitter link
is it worth a trip - naw - spikes in south tyneside n middlesbo (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
aw pure gelt flat instead ae spikes an he'd on a black suit inste on page 127

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 82 - Biggin the Great Nor Road, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Cicada friction spikes the air. Heitjabbed, on page 66

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
we see his heed lookin at the spikes. He's thinkin aboot it. The w on page 15

1 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
taewards it. The spheres haed spikes that left teirs in his breeks
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
nks! Yer toorie's gallus, yer spikes feel sherper Hae ye pitten on on page 4

1 matches

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