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Use in varieties of Scots

tender Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 9 1.6 29.8 11.6 10.9 0
Number of occurrences2417 1 3 2 1 0
Number of authors23 17 1 2 2 1

Occurrences of tender in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
nor mark the touch o tender fingertip. on page 17

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
hnut roon his socket, puffy n tender-lookin, wae wee ring cuts in on page 20

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
shop an looked at him, kinna tender-like. on page 1

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
awa. Her breists were big an tender, and her wame... on page 55

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
tae oor tender bosom. on page 46

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
" ah reassure her. We share a tender kiss and a hug. Then she addr on page 84

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Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
She kin render, things sae tender, on page 104

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
a tender thought on page 73

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Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
The sang o the Haggis sae tender and sweet, on page 28

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
tender pile carpit didn't ye on page 82

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
I've a tender hert, nae like you, on page 25

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
led tae mak, a promise tae be tender, tae help, tae gie an tak.
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McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Sae tender an' free.
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s o violence, we micht be the tender sex, bit we maun fecht back -
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
misses Bit backs it up wi’ tender kisses So eether wye yer pit
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Briggs, Susi O Rabbie, I hae seen the day, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Severin ties o tender past
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@ThonJacobite tweeted
wha got the contract without tender and are makin a £25 profit p(2021) search twitter

Doric

Wilkie, Dave , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
o’er came me, sae a moment tender an sweet,
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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
As sheu whispered tender wirds o love and stroked his on page 36
He kissed her soft, warm tender back and settled doon tae sle on page 52

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
An tender tae the touch on page 107

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
da bicht o tender carrots, on page 30

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@Julie_Dennison tweeted
Daday at da tender age a 25 an 3/4, I stepped in (2021) twitter link

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
ers o year. It can be virrfu, tender, yirdie or humorous, an the b on page 34

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