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The word 'tbh'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tbhOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.9358
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 56.3 22 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.7 11 5
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of tbh in Corpus

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Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
k yun man's even capable o it tbh.(2021)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
id nothin in the whole game n tbh a thought 2 nite newcastle wo (2021) twitter link
sterWhite dont mind the odeon tbh m8 - am quite sure if i want (2020) twitter link
ess - scotland team is shite tbh (2020) twitter link
ship - never forget ma roots tbh (2021) twitter link
o - surprised at the comment tbh - end up wae nae fitbaw at a (2020) twitter link
and 17 other occurrences.

General Central

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
involved in a mess like mine tbh and I dinnae blame (2020)
lizing is kinda well in pubs, tbh the less people drink in the (2020)
see the point in that either tbh but they have to prove they h(2020)
see ye as the scotch drinker tbh, av got a new level of respec(2020)

@g_hibby tweeted
Well... TBH.. I wasn't looking for much t (2023) twitter link

@RickHJohnston tweeted
TBH I'd rather see the Ukraine ?? (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
@simonfromharlow Ah'm wi 12, tbh. Gimme the swoosh ower the st(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
much she'll enjoy my company tbh ??, and as for AS, he hardly (2022) twitter link
@mickbrick54 @Fergie_Kate Tbh i dinnae really block/mute an (2022) twitter link
as you need boss. No hurry. (tbh, I'd hoped ye'd look at it, g (2022) twitter link
l, I'm no "fan" of the woman (tbh, she disnae touch me in any w (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
@eddireader Thanks a lot Pam. TBH it's aw new tae me an aw! PM (2020)