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tweet Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words30.6 30.8 36.2 9.9 34.9 10.3 26.6
Number of occurrences9860 24 1 6 1 6
Number of authors42 23 11 1 4 1 2

Occurrences of tweet in Corpus

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Central

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
r' type hing? And yere gonnae tweet aboot it later?' on page 1

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Canto: Yese Tweet, Dae Yese No? on page 92

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
no, scarce a twitter or a tweet
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
nicht, the tumult o a misread Tweet. Ah'm talkin aboot the peace
1 matches

Wilson, Rab A Newsin Wi Jack Aitken, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
They ‘Tweet’ oan ilka online space,
1 matches

Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Book! Wine on ma vine, tweet tweet on ma twitter
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
do ????? I only read the main tweet so ????? safety or no this so(2020) search twitter
kay i dinnae like this quoted tweet thing it looks daft.. ??(2020) search twitter

@Cobradile94 tweeted
@ScotsScriever Whit kind o tweet ir ye efter? =P(2019) search twitter

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
fc @mccann_liz Maybe I should tweet that I dinnae want a bridie i(2020) search twitter
@SelbyRod Aw Bob, ma pal can tweet ???????? The Auld Inn, one oÂ(2020) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
e... :) Anyhoos, just a quick tweet tae let ye know I'm gonna be (2023) twitter link
er early replies tae ma first tweet this morning.. I'm away tae a (2023) twitter link

@gordimhor1 tweeted
adevan Scratch my heid, sigh, Tweet(2020) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
! Forgot tae put this in last tweet! Hee hee! #ThrowbackThursday (2015) search twitter

@iainnicol tweeted
we didna have the most cringe tweet today.(2020) search twitter

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
mither tongue. Een typin this tweet I hae tae mak shair wi ilka w(2018) search twitter
illy, that efter I typed thon tweet, Twitter thocht tae cheynge "(2018) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
illykayscot Aye read afore ye tweet maun be my mantra(2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
@joao_kay Aye. See the ither tweet. HereÂ’s the aipple. Tellt it(2020) search twitter
tae add that tae the original tweet - thatÂ’s whit gies the expr(2020) search twitter
@molach95 @EyjarSkeggi IÂ’ll tweet it the morra.(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
@IainKingSport That's a form tweet fae a petition. Ah didnae scr(2020) search twitter
@SpillerOfTea Ah saw a tweet the ither day fae a wummin wh(2020) search twitter
ils in airticle in subsequent tweet.(2020) search twitter
cists in the replies tae this tweet. ?? Talk aboot a self-own. #B(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
I like how ye illustrated the tweet aboot trump's illness being m(2020) search twitter
aw send oot EXACTLY the same tweet. Cummings says so. Pathetic(2020) search twitter
ed ma breeks laughing at that tweet. Comedy gold ma freend.(2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
A cannae RT! Oany quote tweet :( Zat a new hing?(2020) search twitter
es ye a wee cuppa tee wile ye tweet an teechis ye Aw swerry wurds(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
Here's a tweet tae show yer bosses @STVKathr (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
d to the whole thing and your tweet is mair Union lies. (2022) twitter link
@NicolaSturgeon Unbelievable tweet... nonsensical nonsense. At 8 (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
ks (and a translation of this tweet) to the resources I used in t (2021) twitter link
nks (and a translation o this tweet) tae the resources I yaised i (2021) twitter link
in modern usage. Teachers - Tweet yer lesson ideas fir this cli (2017) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@Bluebell_FC aways good 2 c a tweet from you guys - good luck in (2021) twitter link
ked oan ma latte - keep this tweet tae eersel lol (2021) twitter link
w hook line n sinker fir that tweet lol (2021) twitter link
shy - as 2 o us - seen the tweet poppin up at 3am this mornin (2020) twitter link
ouglass @ShepDep26 a luv this tweet guys - the wide open spaces (2020) twitter link
and 17 other occurrences.

Doric

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ony wifies wi ma last sexist tweet tae gaur up fur it ah bought (2015) search twitter
This ah'll be ma hinmaist tweet post fur a whilie as I've a n(2017) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
Dundee agree partly with your tweet about the ‘intellectual left (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
t at, wis an Archie Mcpherson tweet there(2020) search twitter
ebody fae South Korea like ma tweet aboot Drinnies Observatory at(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
nenaylor oo Jist saw yer next tweet #fairpointwellmade(2012) search twitter
@LouiseNicol1 did ye jist tweet a tweet that I dinna unnersta(2012) search twitter
lor hee hee hee jist saw this tweet o yours ma luvly n amm lafn m(2011) search twitter
ha. OO you jist got ma 100th tweet. Catch up we you the morn xx(2011) search twitter
eed a new phone so that i can tweet fan i'm actually de'in summit(2011) search twitter
and 1 other occurrences.

@fittiecrooners tweeted
k fae the deed. Been aff this tweet thing as hid tae get twa hips(2016) search twitter
onStan brilliant laddie, this tweet thing is fit keeps me & auld (2017) search twitter
ff read many pish on this yon tweet thingy, bit this utter nonsen(2018) search twitter
Bin absent fae tweet thing fer a wee bit as hid yo(2019) search twitter
ck never mind twit or is that tweet! 8 pints doon the throat, few(2019) search twitter

@glenlivetloon tweeted
st I've hardly time to do one tweet a day! Think of positive thin(2020) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ud o pit a pink jaikit on yer tweet!(2019) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
ed tae be mentioned in e same tweet as they twa. Wait, A'll jist (2021) twitter link

@JamesAmcvean tweeted
@Melzmelz1 @AngrySalmond Sad tweet really fae the Angry Salmond (2020) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
nja85 Ahm sorry pal...but yer tweet has nae oomph it's no even ga (2022) twitter link
inja85 Ye know that's a shite tweet aye? (2022) twitter link

@Woodside Wullie tweeted
as the point oÂ’ this glaikit tweet aboot a bairn supposedly shou (2021) twitter link

Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
@hafnvagr Pooch tweet! If sic a thing is even possi(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
iploots at bairns wis wint ta tweet for laalies.
1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
s are up to! I am viewing dis tweet from a list (2017) twitter link

@tattooedselkie tweeted
mark noo, 24 hours eftir yun tweet. Hiyi, fine tae keen you aa. (2021) search twitter
0 new followers fae I pat yun tweet oot last night...thanks aa ??(2021) search twitter

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
@Hjetlandi Ah yeah, tho I lik tweet better as de English eens, ma(2020) search twitter
Gyah, first tweet should say TulyaÂ’s EÂ’en, no(2019) search twitter

Southern

@jamie_ginger tweeted
y is it everytime a read yir tweet a try and put yir accent on #(2012) search twitter

Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
red off her. I just wish he'd tweet fleg all day. It would save a(2020) search twitter
ay too many big words in thon tweet for the average @Spindependen(2017) search twitter

@the_gellick tweeted
hae yin in thon "its" in your tweet! #QuareBegunk @Future_Cities (2015) twitter link
foond a wunnerfu Ulster Scots tweet fae @BigWein1 - hooinever, h (2014) twitter link
ers it's aaricht - he disnae tweet. Dinnae clipe or he'll be eft (2015) twitter link
tae mind an use that yin in a Tweet. (2015) twitter link