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The word 'tweet'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tweetOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus30.19842
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 34.9 6 4
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B 262.1 2 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 75.4 17 6
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 63.4 25 3
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 38.5 29 15
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 84.3 6 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of tweet 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

@peediepuss tweeted
@hafnvagr Pooch tweet! If sic a thing is even possi(2020)

Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
iploots at bairns wis wint ta tweet for laalies.
1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
s are up to! I am viewing dis tweet from a list (2017) twitter link

@tattooedselkie tweeted
mark noo, 24 hours eftir yun tweet. Hiyi, fine tae keen you aa. (2021)
0 new followers fae I pat yun tweet oot last night...thanks aa ??(2021)

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
@Hjetlandi Ah yeah, tho I lik tweet better as de English eens, ma(2020)
Gyah, first tweet should say TulyaÂ’s EÂ’en, no(2019)

North Northern B (Caithness)

@JamesAmcvean tweeted
@Melzmelz1 @AngrySalmond Sad tweet really fae the Angry Salmond (2020)

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ony wifies wi ma last sexist tweet tae gaur up fur it ah bought (2015)
This ah'll be ma hinmaist tweet post fur a whilie as I've a n(2017)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
ed tae be mentioned in e same tweet as they twa. Wait, A'll jist (2021) twitter link

Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
nja85 Ahm sorry pal...but yer tweet has nae oomph it's no even ga (2022) twitter link
inja85 Ye know that's a shite tweet aye? (2022) twitter link

Aberdeen

@Woodside Wullie tweeted
as the point oÂ’ this glaikit tweet aboot a bairn supposedly shou (2021) twitter link

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
Dundee agree partly with your tweet about the ‘intellectual left (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
t at, wis an Archie Mcpherson tweet there(2020)
ebody fae South Korea like ma tweet aboot Drinnies Observatory at(2020)

@Franwella tweeted
nenaylor oo Jist saw yer next tweet #fairpointwellmade(2012)
@LouiseNicol1 did ye jist tweet a tweet that I dinna unnersta(2012)
lor hee hee hee jist saw this tweet o yours ma luvly n amm lafn m(2011)
ha. OO you jist got ma 100th tweet. Catch up we you the morn xx(2011)
eed a new phone so that i can tweet fan i'm actually de'in summit(2011)
and 1 other occurrences.

@fittiecrooners tweeted
k fae the deed. Been aff this tweet thing as hid tae get twa hips(2016)
onStan brilliant laddie, this tweet thing is fit keeps me & auld (2017)
ff read many pish on this yon tweet thingy, bit this utter nonsen(2018)
Bin absent fae tweet thing fer a wee bit as hid yo(2019)
ck never mind twit or is that tweet! 8 pints doon the throat, few(2019)

@glenlivetloon tweeted
st I've hardly time to do one tweet a day! Think of positive thin(2020)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ud o pit a pink jaikit on yer tweet!(2019)

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
no, scarce a twitter or a tweet
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
fc @mccann_liz Maybe I should tweet that I dinnae want a bridie i(2020)
@SelbyRod Aw Bob, ma pal can tweet ???????? The Auld Inn, one oÂ(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@Bluebell_FC aways good 2 c a tweet from you guys - good luck in (2021) twitter link
ked oan ma latte - keep this tweet tae eersel lol (2021) twitter link
w hook line n sinker fir that tweet lol (2021) twitter link
shy - as 2 o us - seen the tweet poppin up at 3am this mornin (2020) twitter link
ouglass @ShepDep26 a luv this tweet guys - the wide open spaces (2020) twitter link
and 17 other occurrences.

West Central

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
nicht, the tumult o a misread Tweet. Ah'm talkin aboot the peace
1 matches

Wilson, Rab A Newsin Wi Jack Aitken, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
They ‘Tweet’ oan ilka online space,
1 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
r' type hing? And yere gonnae tweet aboot it later?' on page 19

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Canto: Yese Tweet, Dae Yese No? on page 92

1 matches

Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Book! Wine on ma vine, tweet tweet on ma twitter
1 matches

General Central

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
do ????? I only read the main tweet so ????? safety or no this so(2020)
kay i dinnae like this quoted tweet thing it looks daft.. ??(2020)

@Cobradile94 tweeted
@ScotsScriever Whit kind o tweet ir ye efter? =P(2019)

@g_hibby tweeted
e... :) Anyhoos, just a quick tweet tae let ye know I'm gonna be (2023) twitter link
er early replies tae ma first tweet this morning.. I'm away tae a (2023) twitter link

@gordimhor1 tweeted
adevan Scratch my heid, sigh, Tweet(2020)

@jax6754 tweeted
! Forgot tae put this in last tweet! Hee hee! #ThrowbackThursday (2015)

@iainnicol tweeted
we didna have the most cringe tweet today.(2020)

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
mither tongue. Een typin this tweet I hae tae mak shair wi ilka w(2018)
illy, that efter I typed thon tweet, Twitter thocht tae cheynge "(2018)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
illykayscot Aye read afore ye tweet maun be my mantra(2020)

@billykayscot tweeted
@joao_kay Aye. See the ither tweet. HereÂ’s the aipple. Tellt it(2020)
tae add that tae the original tweet - thatÂ’s whit gies the expr(2020)
@molach95 @EyjarSkeggi IÂ’ll tweet it the morra.(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
@IainKingSport That's a form tweet fae a petition. Ah didnae scr(2020)
@SpillerOfTea Ah saw a tweet the ither day fae a wummin wh(2020)
ils in airticle in subsequent tweet.(2020)
cists in the replies tae this tweet. ?? Talk aboot a self-own. #B(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
I like how ye illustrated the tweet aboot trump's illness being m(2020)
aw send oot EXACTLY the same tweet. Cummings says so. Pathetic(2020)
ed ma breeks laughing at that tweet. Comedy gold ma freend.(2020)

@raiphsays tweeted
A cannae RT! Oany quote tweet :( Zat a new hing?(2020)
es ye a wee cuppa tee wile ye tweet an teechis ye Aw swerry wurds(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
Here's a tweet tae show yer bosses @STVKathr (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
d to the whole thing and your tweet is mair Union lies. (2022) twitter link
@NicolaSturgeon Unbelievable tweet... nonsensical nonsense. At 8 (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
ks (and a translation of this tweet) to the resources I used in t (2021) twitter link
nks (and a translation o this tweet) tae the resources I yaised i (2021) twitter link
in modern usage. Teachers - Tweet yer lesson ideas fir this cli (2017) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
y is it everytime a read yir tweet a try and put yir accent on #(2012)

General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
red off her. I just wish he'd tweet fleg all day. It would save a(2020)
ay too many big words in thon tweet for the average @Spindependen(2017)

@the_gellick tweeted
hae yin in thon "its" in your tweet! #QuareBegunk @Future_Cities (2015) twitter link
foond a wunnerfu Ulster Scots tweet fae @BigWein1 - hooinever, h (2014) twitter link
ers it's aaricht - he disnae tweet. Dinnae clipe or he'll be eft (2015) twitter link
tae mind an use that yin in a Tweet. (2015) twitter link