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The word 'theesel'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
theeselOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus1.964
ORK - Orkney 59.6 6 4
SHD - Shetland
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
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 theesel in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
"Dinna thee fash theesel aboot me, beuy," I says, "Aam on page 15
re hid's ready, an thoo ken's theesel hoo little patience he his fo on page 18

2 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
"Cheust pull theesel taegither, min! Are thoo thow on page 50

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
en at last! Even Muggles like theesel should be celebratan, this ha
1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
t Middleen, thanks. Whit like theesel? (2020) twitter link
@helenmoncrieff Tak paece on theesel, lass and follow dy instinct (2020) twitter link

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