A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of tie in Corpus

Central

Wilson, Rab Lallans 82 - The Gowden Boat, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Come tae the bank an tie-up yer boat fir a wee. on page 15

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
d right under his sparkly bow tie leavin a smear oan his shirt on page 27

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
e bru. Me n Addison's git our tie n blazer on n Broonie's awrea on page 51
straightens his suit jacket n tie and it's aw business. on page 52

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"When they tie us up at nicht." on page 230

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
haim up agin this corner-Naw, tie thaim thegither furst--they'r on page 37

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
fur-nothin boss that couldnae tie his shoelaces kin huv a posh on page 1

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Tie ups, Trident, Bedroom Tax on page 77

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Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
en a went tae hers tae get ma tie done and ma hair slicked wi m on page 38

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
since him and Craig loast the tie breaker. And ah dinnae want a on page 73
"The fuckin tie breaker question wis: 'What c on page 74
definitely that ae a big cup tie. The three ae us are stood ri on page 105
us started like a typical cup tie. Wae baith teams playin cauti on page 108
he single handily won us the tie. Which, tae be fair tae him, on page 111
Also on pages 187
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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
llus checky jaickit and green tie. on page 24

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
she wisnae wearin her school tie, an she wis haudin whit looke on page 28
hough. He wears a Donald Duck tie an supports Saint Mirren. Ah on page 34
wearin a white shirt an a bow-tie an a pair ae washed oot blue on page 76
eved shirt wi a dark grey bow tie an washed oot black denims an on page 117
hippy that wears aw the weird tie dyed clothes - an evrubdy sa on page 125

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The rope he'd used, tae tie the gate, wis slack on page 39

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
m kit in, and ah make sure ma tie isnae quite done up at the to on page 40

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
there wis nae wye they could tie it tae Isa, or him. The pensi on page 41

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
lang, narrae strips, and tae tie thon strips thegither. Violet on page 116
ry-on, youse twa, or I've tae tie yese up and hing youse oot th on page 128

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
y, grey suit wi a thin, black tie and growin oot his black stub on page 7

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Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
re's a hole ye can get in by. Tie this rope aroond yer waist, a on page 29

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
m fair taen on wi Auld Schuil Tie, in whilk he tells o gettin i on page 121

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Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ornin, till a white collar in tie an jerkin queued up ahint me.
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ey’s fuckin aboot tryin tae tie his laces so ah hing back, wa
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Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
here’s a bit ay rope there, tie it roon the nails tae keep it
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Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
d tae mak me wear a shirt an' tie on a Sunday? Ah get by withoo
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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
her back tae the waist ay the tie-dyed, woven hemp tunic she’
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
“Tell Theseus tae tie the end o this twine tae the
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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
e speired at Doug, ettlin tae tie the skates on wi ane haund wh
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
rtan rug for a body, a tartan tie fur a tail. (A cuttie video o
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
the kind that cross ower and tie back? And they were pink, bri
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Whaur they tie up boats,
��The time is up, the games a tie!
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Sevens. Durin’ a yin sided tie he used the phrase “It’s
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ddie. Cut thy hair shorter an tie it in a ponytail.” He waved
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
e place Is a wis tryin’ tae tie ma lace In the queue fur the
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ut oan troosers an a shirt an tie, fumblin aboot wae the knot s
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Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
or Nottingham Forest in their tie. And Raith Rovers failed to u
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@MartinBroon tweeted
?????. A mean, whit?? Glamour tie...Dick and the boys...??(2019) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
m back tae his allotment plot tie or the Men's She'd?(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ere wae that tuxedo and white tie".(2020) search twitter
the schoolboy bully couldnae tie Ms Sturgeon's laces. I'd love(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ere wae that tuxedo and white tie".(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@EastScotlandFA cracking cup tie this guys - n thanx to camel (2021) twitter link
@ScottishCup entertaining cup tie - well done to tthe lads at (2021) twitter link
sselburgh seen a scottish cup tie there wae meadowbank n aberde (2020) twitter link
at in almost 2 years in a cup tie by a leafa side - thats hist (2021) twitter link
hampton v burton fa cup youth tie the noo on fb - b oan tae yo (2021) twitter link

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 90 - The Trump, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, poetry
Syne, seein his collar an tie, A gaes oot; on page 35

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Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
hame-made tie-dye glow in the dark claes, on page 34

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Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
riggit up in a funcy suit and tie. His hair doon tae his shoode on page 44

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
wi Brylcreem - a collar an a tie Ye've heard the term "Fair Er on page 15

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Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
driver's doar, cus a hid tae tie eit up we weyer an tow, tae k on page 65

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Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
s me. I wear The suits, black tie, attend the beerials, dae aat on page 10

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
an ruggit it the knot oan is tie. "He's a bigsy bugger." on page 33
cht Fobie strachenin is black tie es he waatched the hearse pur on page 74

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
o the bouncers, strachenin is tie an disappearin inside. on page 42
Ah feel guilty at she his te tie ersel up like ess - She vees on page 47

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
pit em up at iss coarner-No, tie em tigithir first-they dinna on page 36

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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
m. Pit them doon fae the tap, tie a
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The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
daein funny voices wi’ his tie a’ skew-whiff. I thought ta
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@72redz1903 tweeted
tae Gothenburg? Surely a Euro tie is a Euro tie if ye played in (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
hange Aye he probably could a tie his pints himsel or came his (2020) search twitter
oot slates are looking a bit tie drier noo that's the method o(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
ot anithr ane - tho it winna tie :-o(2011) search twitter

@Woodside Wullie tweeted
tional Aye, and also gypehied TIE nonsense that tries tae brain (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
he picked oot his most boran tie fur wark and Mrs Dursley goss
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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
er fokk can be buddered wi da tie o a milkin coo, da crofts is on page 9

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
could a luikit finer. White tie, fob watch, on page 100

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De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
'Mam, wir med posters ta tie on ta lampposts aroond da Hil
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Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
r phoneticism, though it does tie in well with the rate that th(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
im up at this coarner - Naw, tie thim thegither furst - they on page 38

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Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
eil tuk hïm tae tha halie cïtie an stud hïm up on tha verie on page 3
Jerusalem, fer ït ïs tha cïtie o tha michtie Kïng. An dïnn on page 6
s haed styed behin ïn tha cïtie. The' jaloused he wus ïn tha on page 73
em noo, an whan he saa tha cïtie, he begun tae greet, an he sa on page 102
an thaim at's ootside tha cïtie shudnae try tae get ïn. For on page 105
Also on pages 106
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Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
e debate aboot style o shirt, tie or socks, if they wur availab on page 44

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Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Ah had jist yin beat tae tie. on page 7

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
nemy o' shoart tim' ection ir tie the hans o' thaim at cum efte on page 22

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Fur stoopin doon tae tie a lace, on page 54

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