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The word 'spine'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
spineOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92321
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 3
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 2
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of spine in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
e wid spike ye we een o hee's spine's an at's nay verra feyn. "Ph on page 1

1 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
It sent a shiver doon thi spine - on page 19

1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
umpled bi a bull didna dae ma spine ony gweed, an Ah hirple aboot on page 12

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
Anither shiver ran doon ma spine.
1 matches

West Central

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
n thit sends shivers doon yir spine fan you see it. Well for ma s
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
its icy claws roon Hazels’ spine and froze her fae the inside
1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
k and a shiver ran up Jim’s spine as a sense ae dread wis oozin
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
wid send shivers up yir spine, on page 98
rs nae shivers up an doon meh spine, on page 99

2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
l, A should tak’ him in the spine. A breathed in, cocked the gu
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
y dirlt up an doon a body’s spine.
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
e shiver of inferiority in ma spine. on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
stories, let me crack ma wee spine, on page 33

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
an yer spine began tae tingle on page 39

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
gied him a wee shiver up his spine. At the back-en it meant wint on page 17

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
wi ae haun kinlin on her spine,
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
un. Weel thoumed, wi a broken spine an twa or three loose pages,
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
comments sent shivers doon My spine??. Pal, yer already a Legend!(2020)

@rattlecans tweeted
rl Pants on and grow a fuckin spine (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Sent shivers doon ma spine on page 44

1 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
ing sae creepy!! Shiver up ma spine!(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
tae haun an bane an spine on page 77

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ildlik fear skipped alang hir spine, a fear that she had lang syn on page 30

1 matches

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