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The word 'sprayed'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sprayedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.51512
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 sprayed in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I sprayed him wi cowld watter then I pa on page 13
nd doon the Rover windows and sprayed 'Glade Room-Fresh' on me saet on page 42

2 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
rn o dat,’ Dodie said as he sprayed da hale canfoo inta da pan.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
oosers leukit like they'd bin sprayed oan. on page 35

1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
lf-eaten Domino's pizza boxes sprayed wi cheap deodorant. on page 35

1 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
tae laugh at ony weed killer sprayed on em. In fact they a seem ta(2017)

(South) East Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
for the graffitologists, for sprayed-on luve-herts an snashes, nem
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ightened aw ma hair fur me an sprayed me wi some ae her Paloma Pica on page 35
ae the wans roon oor bit that sprayed mentions aw ower his walls or on page 99
the corridor though cause he sprayed it right in his eyes; an late on page 169

3 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
on the corridor though cos he sprayed it right in his eyes ; appare
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
eatly took aff his heid an’ sprayed me wi’ blood an’ brains!
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ng licht. The faimly had been sprayed wi a cocktail o insecticides
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
, hollow fibregless figurines sprayed lik solid bronze… folk, ric
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
The lichts o the motor sprayed thair orange dust ower the ro on page 36

1 matches

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