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The word 'tyres'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tyresOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.32719
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 29.4 9 5
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of tyres in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
re doon tae the metal and the tyres wir bald as a coot. on page 41
her in the horse-box and the tyres screamed and bumed, The pig g on page 52

2 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
spare ribs fae fokk wi spare tyres?” axed Muttontief inquisiti
1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
garage yisterday ta git snow tyres, when I said I wis gotten a n (2021) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
cam tae grief Doon inside the tyres she cowpit An she wis weel an on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
inna get far wi nae win in ma tyres." on page 51

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
"I fand twa tractor tyres last wikk," he cried. "Ower h
the lochan-side tae heist the tyres ooto their hidiehole. "Lets b
ieran socht towe tae wipp the tyres tae a puckle timmer planks an
3 matches

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
y kens Dunlop hiv been "makin tyres" for years!!
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
A hear the squealin o tyres on the drive an next A hear t
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
raiked an haiked aboot aneth tyres an boxies an trock, till
aithered auld boords, tractor tyres that naebody
2 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
(Ah hid a London taxi wi nae tyres), or chefooers for Lord an La
etrol-tanker, wi glossy blaik tyres an a driver ahin the wheel. A
2 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
eneugh tread on the truck tyres. Eence mair he gaed his heid
1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ricPhrases Got a guid deal on tyres fae Turra tyres, so fyles e b(2020)

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
skreich o the tyres instantlie attrakkit a thrang
bot hed auld bits o towe fur tyres.
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
niac exactly - went fir twae tyres fir ma motor yesterday n hud (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
e motor wis pullin awa wi the tyres skraichin. The brither gied a on page 232

1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
There’s a screech ay tyres oan tarmac as a big motor com
1 matches

General Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
unnerin haut oan jimp treedit tyres.
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
st a fortune them low profile tyres... Got tae take a bank loan o (2023) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
ncroaching brambles grasp yer tyres on page 34

1 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
@LarneLoudmouth Mind your tyres dinnae skite the day! (2015) twitter link