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Use in varieties of Scots

ties Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.3 10.3 7.5 39.7 11.6 0 8.9
Number of occurrences3320 5 4 2 0 2
Number of authors24 17 3 1 2 1

Occurrences of ties in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
the ties that thirlt him fast tae Gall on page 28

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Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
an ma ties tae hame on page 9

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
est uniforms, polished shoes, ties the proper length n tight roo on page 57

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
owe bauchelt and gumsy, Jones ties a brick aroond their necks an on page 6

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Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
cutting the ties o' childhood on page 101

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
y jaickets and usually donned ties that were yella or pale green on page 17

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
rt king o Scotland, free o aw ties tae oor southron neebours. Th on page 61

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
freckles an his bad taste in ties an fitba, ah'd on page 34
o yi could see the new school ties; then they got another wan to on page 169

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Ah get the fear. Their school ties are done up at hauf mast. on page 5

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Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
s saiprit frae the dewties an ties o rale lyfe an wes flaitin in on page 2

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
bow-ties an Sunday shirts on page 53

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ae a mining faimily wi strang ties tae the union muivement. He l on page 133

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Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
the Dutch haes dredged new cíties frae their seas, sae haes oor
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Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
the Labour Perty’s explicit ties wi socialism. This merkit the
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
t sweat patches under oxters, ties undone, shirts an blouses unb
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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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Kirk Jn, Albert The Wit o Solomon, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
the wecht o lairdly ties:
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@ThonJacobite tweeted
er she had nae socks, shorts, ties or shirts left she said: "Ach(2020) search twitter

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
r skins the deid lammie's and ties its fleece roon the ootlinn.
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Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ases wi polish and dusters an ties tae the door. Files still an
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@cligeey tweeted
the kirk yard not sure about ties yet though(2020) search twitter
ye rang threid ats the bombay ties noo ??(2020) search twitter
@dpke1983 Mair European ties under his belt than many o th(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
stripes and wans wi mock bow ties. on page 47
airns aal ower the floor. The ties get stuffed in pockets when t on page 70
mine aye haads some hankies, ties or socks. Ah'll swear they ge on page 81

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
a is a grammatical feature at ties a description tae da on page 86

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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
tated towards Scotland ... as ties with Scandinavia ... weakened
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Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
e thïngs. A'll gie ye ten cïties tae rin!' An tha saicont yin on page 102

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