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The word 'trackies'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
trackiesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.584
ORK - Orkney
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 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 27.1 5 1
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 trackies in Corpus

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General Northern

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
fae fitba taps an trackies, trekkin roon the city on page 34

1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
tae the loons ye see wi their trackies and gym-kits, aa liftin irons
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
wee grey wispy bits. She wore trackies tae PE. the other day instead on page 94

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
aself oot in winter tuckin ma trackies intae ma fitbaw socks. No cau on page 16
chased by aboot five cunts in trackies. We aw look roon at wan anoth on page 17
ee waterproof jakits n fitbaw trackies n a mix ae Rangers n Celtic t on page 24
Berghaus among the unfamiliar trackies. That wee fuckin sick feelin on page 41
wenty ae them standin, aw wae trackies on. They've git poles n wine on page 60

5 matches

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