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The word 'tis'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tisOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.65022
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 175.8 5 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 27.1 5 2
AYR - Ayrshire 78.6 6 3
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 49.9 4 2
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) 1148.4 13 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 65.7 2 2
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of tis in Corpus

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Tis the season of being spewed on(2019)

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"'Tis so," sade e Duchess: "an e mo on page 87
"Stand up an repeat "Tis e voice o e sluggard'," sade on page 100

5 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Tis there that I dae hing ma whee
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
bodachs say he becam Venus an tis telt that finiver yon starnie
1 matches

General Northern

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
rns want to live in Scotland. Tis a struggle, wife loved living(2021)
@LittleHarmonica Aye tis, A’s is hingy(2019)

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 74 - I Hae A Drame, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, poetry
Ma kintra ’tis o thee,
1 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ts bangin 'n' mah mynd calmed tis storm. Kip finally threatened
sfigured fist as it tightened tis grip, daurin me tae run. Ah s
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
tis gadgie hus certainly caused a (2020) twitter link

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
an the moral ae that is-'Oh, 'tis love, 'tis love, that makes t on page 89
"Staun up an repeat 'Tis the voice ae the sluggard'," on page 102

4 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
lights and flanked by tinsel. Tis the season fur family and mot on page 1

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"an the moral o that is-'Oh, tis luve, 'tis luve, that maks th on page 44

3 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
The musicker answert: "Tis yir hoose and ma hoose, whaur on page 42

2 matches

McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
was tae huge tae shift oot o' tis position afore th' trio made
1 matches

General Central

MacKenzie, Douglas Eemis Stane 1 - Puir Finch, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Tis true that death's a random th on page 13

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
tis for oor peacefu slummer.
1 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
“Tis flattery, Laren Bhain, but na
“Tis why A love her true,” sayed
2 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"Stand up an repeat "Tis th voice o th sluggard'," sai on page 102
"Tis th voice o th Lobster: Ah hea on page 103

2 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
twa relievin’ those issues, tis irrelevant. Historically, tis (2021) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
TippermuirBooks @billykayscot Tis sot!(2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Tis nat enough tae cheer tha hear on page 19
Somethin' mair tis ailwyes gien on page 22
Tis this a dreym? on page 24
Anither day, tis dawnin' bricht. on page 28
Wye ait tis, on page 39
Also on pages 41, 45, 48
13 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
n spreid his aitms. "Iis you, tis you, must go, and I must bide on page 11

1 matches

@Angelinekking tweeted
@KellyCreighto16 Tis!(2019)

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
tion tae be judged as weel on tis that Day, an she wull condemn on page 9

1 matches

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