A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'span'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
spanOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus62016
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
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
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 9.8 4 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 span in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
his back everything spick and span and in hids place and he alwa on page 33

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
His hoosie spick an span aye looks on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
A scurrie wi a braid wing-span an murder in its een dookit l
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
g oot o place, athing spic an span an up tae
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
Twa span-lang, wee, unchristen'd bairn
Twa span-lang, wee, unchristen'd bairn
2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
e inch when ye hae tholed the span!
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ard tae get olivebank spick n span - b oan tae yous awe guys (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
alloued tae rax their natural span. I dinna girn mysel, sin I’
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n suddenly, it’s broad wing span magnificent, their surface ar
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
at lea tae rax their naitural span. Masel, ah cannae peenge - a on page 6

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Throughout ma span o years - on page 60

1 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Michty the span o the windaes, the panes leam on page 43

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
, compeirand and comperand(e) span the period fae 1450-1690 wi 2 on page 17

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Monument, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
The span and shape and colour o a peop on page 100

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
yaised plain threids that she span fae the fleeces o her ain she
ecoratit wi strings o pearls, span oot, an oor skirts birled lik
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
ook at ma flat. It's spick an span no a bit a stoor in sight, th on page 45

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
Haes legacy tae posterity span rivers far an' near on page 43

1 matches

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