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The word 'spray'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sprayOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.75226
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 3
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 58.9 18 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 20.6 8 3
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) 605.7 1 1
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 spray in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gallows Ha - Recipe for a Good Storm, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
in an air filled o salt spray. on page 26

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And a spray o bright reed roses blooman r on page 73

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
oaran in an air filled o salt spray. on page 52

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
throwan plumes o'spray on page 18

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
n, NEVERMORE PONKIN DEODORANT SPRAY, GUARANTEED, hit said, TA KEE
WAL INCHES AWA FAE DA HAIR AN SPRAY LICHTLY. He squirted da hale
2 matches

Williamson, Christie Da windirs o technology, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Shetland - Yell, poetry
swees da saat spray
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
s doon abilow, eis thi saat'y spray rippet entae eis, weel eit le on page 4
THI SPRAY on page 17
aboot at. Well we berthet thi spray en wer haim port a Boddim an on page 18
Nay losses. Noo we wurket thi spray fur twa or thri yeer, An she on page 19
t a snippet aboot lyfe on thi spray, me an Ronalt hid sum majic t on page 21
Also on pages 35, 51, 52
16 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Madam would prefer to try our Spray-Tan: a completely safe, no ri on page 81

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e a male model: his briks war spray-pintit on an his fite sark wi on page 8

1 matches

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
Colin disna spray or buy manure on page 14

1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
he sea whipt up its nieves wi spray on page 40

1 matches

(South) East Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 82 - Ae Legend o Sanct Benedict, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
and the waas o her stomach spray acid on page 52

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
an he directs his spray-gun heid on
A spray? Och, no! It isnae richt
That A went oot, intent tae spray
Put bye yer spray, an let us live."
Ah aimed the spray, an wi ae shot
6 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@meandbobbie Wee spray with mr sheen.????(2020)

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
a. We get rid o flees wi flee-spray and flee paper. Ah've aften t on page 153

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Say it don't spray it, said Chris, Ah want the n on page 169

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Gee it a threshold, spray it gold on page 37

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
got the boats, paddles an’ spray decks oot. The girls, Jill an
ze drills, with an’ without spray decks, forward an’ backward
2 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
mulsioned white inside but we spray-painted it aw wae our mention on page 4
ke fuck. The climbin frame is spray-painted like fuck anaw. YT, s on page 24

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ts oan a table. Some cunt’s spray painted oan the waw, ShITE OF
1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
er the sand like the dwinnlin spray o a foontain. Syne it vainish on page 83

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
Fume and spume and spindrift spray on page 34

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
The jobless vandal's spray-pent, dear bocht bields on page 39

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Scots that is nocht but a ‘spray o apostrophes’ (an leain oo
1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
field, falling doon in a tiny spray, a kindo ash landing in the d
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
ling ye, do a need to get the spray bottle ??(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
watch frae ayont the spray, on page 161

1 matches

Donegal (East Donegal)

Watson, Audrey Yarns 3 - The Tay Meetin, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Fermanagh, prose
he nines, hair stif with thon spray stuff an the
1 matches

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