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The word 'laces'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
lacesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.71510
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of laces in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
s aboot to face him: tyin his laces! Eventually i sheen are on, n
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
her a smaa heuk tae pull the laces tight. She struggled wi the h
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Word o the month: Pints. Laces. In the Pipe Band it was telt (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
pit mah Nikies oan n tied the laces tight, tae be honest wi yeh a
1 matches

Glasgow

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
e-fistit-gun, slung low, auld laces cinched aboot ma thigh tae ke
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
uckin aboot tryin tae tie his laces so ah hing back, waitin fur h
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
es at me, latchin oan tae the laces ay ma trainie, pullin it aff.
1 matches

General Central

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
e hung aroond his neck by the laces. He'd enough money noo that h on page 34

1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Soor Ploom Fairy, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
jeely babies an liquorice laces –
1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
were on the wrang feet wi the laces in a total guddle.
d back-tae-front, an her shae-laces were knottit thegither.
Snorl fankelt ane o his shae-laces in the pedals, an they cam ta
feet an trippin ower his shae-laces. ‘I’ll learn ye.’
afore cowpin ower their shae-laces. Snorl wis faur an awa the be
5 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ly couldnae tie Ms Sturgeon's laces. I'd love tae see a face tae (2020)

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