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The word 'spyle'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
spyleOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.11710
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 14.6 6 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of spyle in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
an she wisna aboot te lut it spyle er day. on page 17
"Ye winna spyle ma sirprise?" He winkit it Da on page 30
wirk se hard an Ah wintit te spyle ye fir eence. Ah widna like y on page 84

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
se...dinna say onythin aat'll spyle ma chunces o gettin inte Elsp on page 27

1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
angs, Geneva is the place tae spyle yersel. Cheese is likely gaun on page 6

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
’s curls wis threatenin tae spyle his gweed luiks, Mr Morrison
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
a tyke he 1s," quo she, "Tae spyle our cheerie teen!" on page 52
in but "Iss butter's like tae spyle." on page 55

2 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ny o yer uswal cairry-on cuid spyle the hale jing-bang an the aul on page 26

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
sae daft as hir. Mebbe he wad spyle aw thing for me, sae A'l gang on page 47

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
breid, an naething's awa tae spyle it. A gits the ceegarettes oo
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
er? Faither, dinna lat Stuart spyle aa this. Dinna lat him gae ta
“Dinna lat it spyle things for you an Janice,”
2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - The Man Wha Jeopardeized The Continued Existence O The Universe, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
aye hae ti spyle awthing? Luik til the lift! I
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
re in bed. Shae wesna gaun ti spyle sicna deleicious morning bi o on page 2

1 matches

General Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
n on a tottie trader ship tae spyle. Haakon, silent, wis at the r on page 56

1 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
"Och, no, that wid spyle the style," the junior joukst on page 65

1 matches

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