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The word 'tel'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
telOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.95310
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 45.8 14 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 60.9 25 3
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 43.4 7 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 tel 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.

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
o yer skein eif yea weis next tel eit, fin eit gid aff, bit eif on page 5
ggy say's "Fit's eih joker up tel?" Fyle theinken, we thi toung on page 11
thi tap lyke a munkee, an a'l tel yca tae theis day a canna fut on page 13
geid eit laldee aat nicht al tel yea, "Majic." on page 31
bbing hee's haan's. Aye say's tel em, "'Fit's a dee?"" An aifte on page 37
Also on pages 38, 40, 41, 48, 51, 65, 65
13 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
atures. Must be seen. Offers. Tel. 01651 782815. on page 71

1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
gome backlins up the gait an tel] me gin ye can see aider o'm. on page 92

1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ry on Doctor than it wiz mint tel. ??(2019)

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
e act tough. "Ach, go on. But tel] her tae come hame at a decen on page 81

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
tel-tail pype ti strintil out thr
Tel me whitwey ye canna halp ?”
“Na ! Juist tel me !”
“Naebuddie’l tel the sojers ye’r heir, an wh
Inglis ar fair brustin ti tel ye thairsells.
21 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
o Airt an can be contactit on tel.; mbl. ; e-mail © Irene Broo
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Tel:- [CENSORED: phonenumber]
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
e House, New Lanark, ML11 9DJ tel [CENSORED: phonenumber] e-mai
1 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
ce Bit heid the baw ran an’ tel’t ur maw.
Nice If uv telt ye wanced uv tel't ye twice Ye should learn ta
heedin’ oot somewhere A wis tel't tae be ready fur a quarter
3 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
Eton-eddicated toff tryin tae tel] ye hou Scottish they really on page 84

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
wichtkeind is eith yibbils ti tel the deiffers atwein a bawtie on page 13

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
es on the thrashel. "Ye'l can tel me whan A hae wirked throu th on page 4
t ma drames A note skarcelins tel ye. On stormryfe nichts, whan on page 5

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
sts an Brithers wes yibbil ti tel a store anent the Pechts an S on page 47

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
It is no possibil ti tel o the outcum bot wi sorrae. T on page 4

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
hat stupit! Whitfur did ye no tel him – ’ ‘Weill, whitwey
1 matches

General Central

@raiphsays tweeted
@HippyRockChick A dinnae tel embdy!(2020)