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The word 'spill'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
spillOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.22423
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 4
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
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 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 15.4 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
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 spill in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
man, is involved in a peedie spill. on page 64

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ink monitor, carefuul don't spill on page 46

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
spill the blid. on page 147

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Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
As flasks and tasty morsels, spill from stray baskets. on page 60

1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ee, wan eventually agreed tae spill da beans on life as a frog.
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
versary o da Braer oil tanker spill #seabirdersaturday #guillemot(2015)

Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
eam scoop, an watch the cubes spill oot lowsly an obediently (not (2020) twitter link

General Northern

@beast_afc tweeted
Spilt chemicals, look at the spill kit in yellow.(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
And the soartae language tae spill fae his mooth wid make even a on page 88

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
aswerin the blackie sang, tae spill
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Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
s look like it's up to me tae spill the fuckin beans, He knows Ad on page 54

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Tae spill ae solitary tear wept at last on page 55

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
kin tae Tracey an Donna as we spill oot the door. McDade crashes
1 matches

General Central

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
bi the first spill o the day. on page 16
o wunnerfu spill o on page 19

2 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
if the sand-tray's had a spill on page 42

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
They spill their pluffins on the wind, on page 2

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Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Land o Fallen Empires, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
spill yer wame in thi roadside crat on page 76

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Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
vapours lift, worms turn and spill... on page 107

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Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
oz o my hand, building up tae spill ower the side, any minute. Bu
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South East (Borders)

@cammyrudkin tweeted
son46 oh e do pal, r e gan ti spill the beans????(2012)

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
an let the memories spill! on page 150

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McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
loch, ower a spill oan a dam. It looked lik a ri
1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
ae big Sam, no a drap will Ah spill on page 31

1 matches

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