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The word 'tire'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tireOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus51613
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 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 125.5 4 1
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 tire in Corpus

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
I could never tire o da maalie ballet http://t.c(2014)

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
An me? ['ll tire doon till ma vest An keep on on page 15

1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
tarraneesin. A was drappin wi tire tae; an, fan it becam clair t on page 56

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
o days like this I'll nivver tire,
1 matches

@glenlivetloon tweeted
@WingsScotland Ye jist widnae tire o slapping that fisog and I d(2013)

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
The heavenly spearsman didnae tire
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
a never tire looking at awe these comments (2021) twitter link

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
tire him oot. Nae such luck. Ah ci on page 176

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
That kin niver hurt nor tire, on page 83

1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
e be tint, nor wis he deein o tire or hunger or drouth or fear. on page 12

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
tho just as quick thay’ll tire o its glimin,
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
llBarr @FrankOctopus Ah niver tire o watchin it. @TomHolland1996(2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Alice wus gittin wile tire't o sittin baeside hir sister on page 7
wile slippy; an whin shae had tire't hirsel oot wi tryin, the pe on page 14
oot o this pool? A'm pooerfu tire't sweemin aboot here, Oh Moos on page 22
, an run tae shae wus brev an tire't an oot o breath, an tae sha on page 42

4 matches

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