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Use in varieties of Scots

tungs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.1 11.3 1.5 39.7 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences2922 1 4 0 2 0
Number of authors17 14 1 1 2

Occurrences of tungs in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
Three lassies' tungs thegither? on page 5
teness, then anither gabble o tungs--"Haud up his heid-Gie him a on page 37

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
oan the tungs o men on page 177

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
w spak ane o, ither o oor ain tungs. The Empire saw nae need tae on page 20
left to slowly dee oot on the tungs o the great unwashit. Gin ye on page 60
diktat, baith Cor indigenous tungs were wheechit oot o eddicatio on page 64
earch amang Europe's minority tungs at the tail end o last centur on page 66

7 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
Neill, W. The Tungs o Scots (1997). Akros. Kirkca on page 24

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
Thon set out the histor o the tungs o the Bret Eyls sen the Rouma on page 13

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
tanes pave memorials in monie tungs. A brick fir ilka deid sowel. on page 14

1 matches

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
y tae Gaelic; but unlike thir tungs, Cornish dee'd oot at as a co on page 107

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
el, scrievit by haun in three tungs, and its ain wee bell that ti on page 95

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 58 - Gairm review, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
m: twa magazines i the mither tungs, leivin pruifs at the leids i on page 126

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
thlie the playwrichts o ither tungs an ither times can sattle dou on page 109

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
politeecians claikin wi three tungs at aince. Same auld, same aul on page 19

1 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 76 - Mither tung?, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
fae a’ thae tungs? We maun admit
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ae the sherp glances and lang tungs o the toun. The lad’s airms
1 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
his place, aw these disparate tungs. A want a Scottish government
1 matches

Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
us an protection as oor ither tungs.
1 matches

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
le weeackin vyces. "Haad your tungs, the bourach o ye!" gullert t on page 27

1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
or fok at meuv aroon, the mor tungs we a spaek wi.
fok wir spokan tae wi differ tungs.
thentik in thir laifs or thir tungs as the rest o us, an whas spa
aerd slippan o monee-myeusikl tungs.
4 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
twa tungs frae the South!
1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
yer focks; i thair ain hamelt tungs. Dae at n’, an the effeckwa
1 matches

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