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The word 'tube'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tubeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.14931
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 26.2 8 3
MNB - Mid Northern B 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 5
NEC - North East Central 92.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 4
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 50.1 8 2
GLA - Glasgow 22.8 5 5
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.3 10 7
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 tube in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
test-tube on page 16

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
He took a foo tube o TEETHPAEST an birsed oot da
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Ye'll get the tube o stuff for piles In een © y on page 15

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
inte's pooch an pullin oot a tube o Smarties. "A sweetie fir ma on page 17
oldie-coloured tube. She screwed its boddom an a on page 65
ndit ower the goldie-coloured tube, "There's not much left - yo on page 66
h said, takkin the shiny gold tube oota ma sock, twistin up the on page 67

5 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
A'll squeeze ye like a tube o toothpaste, on page 9

1 matches

Mid Northern B

Ritchie, John Fishin in the Findhorn, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
ma rod and put a cascade cone tube cos the river wis high and th
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
his car an took oot a plastic tube, wi a
1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ye ken whin thay pit a guttie tube,
1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
ill decide. Business doon the tube mair than likely https://t.co(2020)

@cligeey tweeted
0 @suzfirst Hae a rake on you tube sometimes a live stream on it(2020)

@daleser23 tweeted
og in aboot 10 seconds flat. #tube(2013)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
urystheus tae himsel. "Whit a tube." And a sleekit plan came int on page 5
hae tae stey as Eurystheus's tube for ever. on page 45

2 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
it pottie intil the eyn o the tube an gied it a blaw - sherp-li on page 86

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
e waw, was a long black metal tube wi some kinna plunger inside on page 1

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
really only interested in the tube o Smarties she'd stapped inta on page 36

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
elburgh loads oh stuff on you tube m8 - juniors/eos/lowland/sun (2021) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
unnet in wan haund and a thin tube o Superglue in the ither, pro on page 24
eed tae read the label on the tube afore ye stert guddlin aboot on page 27

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
hrissy the other night whit a tube man. Yiv still no telt us whi on page 169

1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
bampot. Is that no richt, ya tube? Or is that choob?
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
back sud tak thaim tae a test tube in a Chinese lab. Bit they ra
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
produces a long plastic test tube fae it.
ol sample and pop it into the tube. Return it to the desk at rec
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
gth ae mind tae take the test tube provided by the doactur fae m
ho instantly cloacks the test tube gripped in ma hand. An image
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
it. Cos ah kin feel the test tube startin tae dig intae ma leg.
remark. While ah produce the tube fae ma jean poacket and pass
re she hastily disregards the tube intae a tray.
3 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ehole, idiot, numpty, fucking tube, alky, worst cunt mess, weird on page 3

1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ess, hiz removit every second tube tae save oan power. The brigh
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
hud in ma bag cos the fuckin tube had neglected tae bring anyth
1 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
worst efter tannin a fit-lang tube o Jaffa cakes, and noo ah’m
1 matches

Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Scoobyless tube ye, let's
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ine ablow. And in ilka singil tube the slitterie stuff wis a dif on page 104

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
He taen a fou tube o TOOTHPASTE and skooshed oot on page 20

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
r. There wis a wee cahootchie tube stuck in the craig o the jaur on page 65

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
thon thieveless tube had nae compare on page 68

1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Soor Ploom Fairy, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
up the liquorice tube?
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
e thae times. Ae instance o a tube-shaped object seen in the air
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
careful when you squeezed the tube so’s you didny get a big bl
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
he TubeTube(!) This bloke's a tube! ?? https://t.co/UPR5zaAiCb(2020)

@LowEndJardo tweeted
nd cuttin aboot london on the tube that can take you within a 5 (2021) twitter link

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