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Use in varieties of Scots

tidy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.9 12.3 27.1 9.9 11.6 31 13.3
Number of occurrences5124 18 1 2 3 3
Number of authors33 12 12 1 2 3 3

Occurrences of tidy in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ime she'd fun her wey intae a tidy wee room wae a table in the w on page 34

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
weekend wae the troops n the tidy burds who hang aboot anaw. on page 23

3 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
s, and the world seems like a tidy hing jist waitin fur yae tae on page 14
w these rich toffs huv made a tidy profit fae oor time spent her on page 24
, eh? Ah'm tryin tae cloack a tidy burd and yur blockin the view on page 77
tin awey the messages and tae tidy up the place. Ah goat the hoo on page 119
and it turned oot tae be this tidy wee blonde hing. She chatted on page 120
Also on pages 151, 174
7 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Eh kin tidy up when eh want on page 103

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
that it comes aff aw neat an tidy withoot rippin the wrapper. H on page 42

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
a mither wid say how clean an tidy her brithers wir an how they on page 76

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
bars and shops are clean and tidy,
toon was lovely and clean and tidy, beautiful wee cafes and bars
2 matches

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
I’m the neat n tidy ane. Athin his tae be placed
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
the look she gies me. She’s tidy though, in a stuck-up cow kin
1 matches

Wilson, Lucy Lock Doon, (Greenock Telegraph 2021) Central - Greenock, poetry
Should tidy ma room but al make another e
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
uter buird ... aathin trig an tidy, nae obvious place for a scra
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
pampered and cared fur by the tidy lookin dug walker ah hired. T
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ae dry boke. Fuck me, she’s tidy, eh? Stunnin, in fact. She’
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
hings tae worry aboot than a tidy up. Ah sit doon, slumpin inta
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
ere now, coffee and joos, and tidy the hoose.. :) BFN ?? (2022) twitter link

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
aen throu tae the kitchen and tidy up cos ah ken Ma will be fair on page 44

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ee that he wis aa richt an ti tidy up a bittie for him. He'd nae on page 8

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
it firmly in place. "Keeps ye tidy." on page 38

2 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
he hed found her way intill a tidy peedy room wi a table in e wi on page 32

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
? "Your truck could do with a tidy
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Fin Jonsar Eck started tae tidy up efter the electrician hid
stannin trees bit, tidy up onything that hid been bla
2 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
Jamie’s granny is tidy
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
she’d stopped gyan oot tae tidy up noo and jist left the rubb
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
big but it wiz fair neat and tidy wi a wee bun in bed at the sq
iz jist like the room neat an tidy wi twar three men workin awa
2 matches

Chapman, Henry , (Facebook 2018) Doric, poetry
cus they’d niver seen sic a tidy lair.
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@alfordbrad Tidy baking min(2020) search twitter

@daleser23 tweeted
@jamiemcgettrick @rossandrew_ tidy. Fit did u go for like? Il ha(2013) search twitter
n. U should try it we oreos. #tidy(2013) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@Ampandrew Hope yer gan tae tidy up ah yon sotter afore ye get(2019) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
ng the use o the word in keep tidy campaigns. Great word! https: (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
I hid this urge tae tidy up on page 71

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
t aboot dat, an aafil aesy an tidy ta set a-goin; da only thing on page 40

1 matches

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
in dir hair ta mak it neat an tidy. Sculptured inta dat age-auld
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
she hed funnd hur wei intae a tidy wee room wi a table in th win on page 33

1 matches

@officialAliRed tweeted
Bairns are in bed. House is tidy(ish). Time for a wee cycle af(2020) search twitter

@StuartPoet tweeted
ae redd up or redd oot is tae tidy up, clear away, organise.(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
shae had fun hir wye intae a tidy wee room wi a tibble in the w on page 34

1 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Bread Van, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
O this fleet o men and tidy vans that came roon wi yer br
1 matches

@OrangRuth tweeted
nyway that disagrees with the tidy bearded Fealty is a durty Shi(2020) search twitter

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