Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'tea-'

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Use in varieties of Scots

tea-	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	1.5	5	5
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	35.2	1	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	6.3	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	4.6	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire	13.1	1	1
LAL - General Central
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of tea- in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
'll mind her saucer o milk at tea-time. Dinah, ma pet! A wish ee on page 10
A Mad Tea-Party on page 64
Lek a tea-tray in e sky. on page 69
ugh e wood. "Id's e stupidest tea-party ah ever wis at in ma lif on page 72
n voice, "an A hedna begun ma tea-no above a week or so-an what on page 108

6 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
d, crackin a spunk te the twa tea-lichts oan the kitchen table, on page 21

1 matches

General Northern

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
et copy fae ben the hoose, aa tea-blaudit an scrunt, an I haudit
1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
tlin an singin awa. Efter oor tea-brek we aa sat a meinit or twa on page 86

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
her shoppin bags came oot the tea-room. Probably half a poun o s on page 35
The nosy folk filed intae the tea-room tae rehearse every detail on page 37
aa. Ye'd better pay up afore tea-time." on page 39
the street wis quiet. In the tea-room, wee Jeannie wis servin t on page 41
ou left, wee Jeannie frae the tea-room foond a fake note in her on page 46

5 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
likely get back here or aboot tea-brek time. You cairry on claen on page 97

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
ainly tak ten meinits for yer tea-brek is the day ma auld fellae on page 59

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
Leith, there wis nae official tea-brek for the men that warked i
ae the men's pint o view, the tea-brek wisnae gien ony official
2 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
private chocolate cake fae ma tea-tray! Thon tray hud jist been on page 114
d gawped doon intae her empty tea-mug. on page 192

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
action, nane o it's wirth the tea-towels that it's prentit on. T
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
s than wad busk the front o a tea-towel. A sma haundfu o wirds -
1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 76 - The Gied Ower Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
shore tae touch the tea-hoose. Whaur, never noo
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
omfluistert. He inspectit the tea-pat an cried on Malik, forgett
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
y' mind her saucer ae milk at tea-time. Ma wee Dinah! Ah wish ye on page 10
A Mad Tea-Pairty on page 66
Like a tea-tray in the sky. on page 71
's picnic! It's the stupitest tea-perty ah've ever been tae in a on page 75
n ah'd hardly even startit ma tea-nae mair'n a week ir so-an whi on page 110

7 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Jumped aff o thon tea-towel wi a tear, on page 131
wis unseen by man nor dug nor tea-towel. on page 132

2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
'll mind her saucer o milk at tea-time. Aw, Dinah, my bonny wee on page 10
A Gute Tea-Party on page 44

6 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ll,' ah say, gesturin, tae ma tea-stained tartan nightdress. 'Ah on page 45

1 matches

Cameron, Peter Lallans 58 - The Cornfields o Lowdie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
t's anerlie the lassie wi the tea-barra - sic a dunt she gied m on page 47

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
amsay's The Evergreen and The Tea-table Miscellany, Bishop Thoma on page 69

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
ess tae look at her she wis a tea-leaf.
1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
ots oan the likes o coasters, tea-towels, an tote bags? A guid w (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
'll mind hur saucer o milk at tea-time. Dinah, ma darlin! Ah wis on page 10
A Mad Tea-Pairty on page 66
Lik a tea-tray wn th skie. on page 71
ro th wood. "Eet's th daftest tea-pairty Ah e'er was at in aw ma on page 75

4 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
frae flouers, he heids for a tea-houss.
1 matches