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The word 't-shirt'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
t-shirtOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.32711
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central 36.8 8 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 1
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of t-shirt in Corpus

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie A skoit trowe da shops, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
things. I cam across a peerie t-shirt dat wid fit Meenie splendid.
ht dat Meenie’s no really a t-shirt kind o wife. She wid laekly p
2 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Leave oan yer t-shirt 1f ye'r sair." Mornice waved on page 44

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
howin aff his wares in a fite T-shirt and a pair o skinticht design on page 11
sportin her new Shit Happens T-shirt. "She's jist phoned an Ah cud on page 74

3 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
the livin room weerin a green t-shirt and she telt ma the sight o m
1 matches

General Northern

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
line for his moo abeen a reid t-shirt and blue shorts. He leaves th
iling aifter them, howkin yer t-shirt sleeve doon ower the reid mar
2 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
elly through a wrinkled black T-shirt. The yella letters on it wigg on page 1

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
it fae someboady who hus the t-shirt and the mental health issues on page 14

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
up jist gettin a plain white T-shirt that had a T on the sleeve; i on page 53
e had gied me a black Tregijo T-shirt by accident; then ah noticed on page 54
us the night ah wis wearin ma T-shirt wi Murray on it an she wis we on page 77
pal had on her David McManus T-shirt an a blue flyin jacket that h on page 116
a fag behun his ear, wearin a t-shirt that said, on page 169

8 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
too-tight Judas Priest muscle t-shirt, showin aff a multitude ay ta
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ke tattoos and an Iron Maiden T-shirt under his uniform. on page 11

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
David's t-shirt luiks like an oily rag. #Corr(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
in nowt but thin shorts and a t-shirt. It’s near midnight, A’m
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
auld P.E. shorts and a scabby t-shirt on. A had blacked oot.
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
frae his skin lik a duck. His T-shirt an shorts were sappled. ‘Th
1 matches

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