twis | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Occurences normalised per million words | 13.7 | 2.1 | 57.3 | 19.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Number of occurrences | 44 | 4 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Number of authors | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
Whit wad ye, guidwives? 'Twis like this ivver. on page 34
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
far she bedd wi her sisters. 'Twis her first trip tae the up-abu on page 115
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Dow the grieve wis a dowser, twis him that fan thon wallie thre
Twis there a horseman I wis made.
2 matches
Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Eenoo 'twis spring an wee skiffins o gree
Naebody caad her Navachitta; 'twis aye jist Nava. Ten year auld,
te chukkies inno the watter. 'Twis jist efter nine an her fowks
in sangs an tellin tales – 'twis as naitral tae her as braithi
E. Sae wis she in a wye, fur 'twis aye "Me, Me, Me" wi Myra: niv
32 matches
Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
sae tae speak. But, mercy me, twis like lookin for a needle in a
1 matches