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The word 'tenements'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tenementsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.91913
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 5
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 tenements in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ire o milk served the fowk in tenements fa lived like battery hens, a
her wife wauked ower frae the tenements three streets awa, an cairtit
2 matches

General Northern

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
The folk hid came fae the tenements in the Toon. Placies reekin o
1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
, reparein ruifs on the heich tenements o the ceitie, A tint tich wiâ
tenements i Portie, fur the Embro Couns
an a hantil neipours out the tenements, the causies wes tuim. The fo
3 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
fit between the buildins. The tenements haud it up. That sky’s ower
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
tae climb. Dunvegan had four tenements an a couple a hooses but ma d on page 143

2 matches

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ing air as they echo agin the tenements till aa the hames an the bigg on page 9

1 matches

Glasgow

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
doon, spilling the last row o tenements intil the dead space we ca’
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
tae echo aff the waws ay the tenements oan either side ay me as ah a
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
blonde sandstane corridor ay tenements flit slowly by.
1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
er. Didna aw sma lands in sic tenements hae a wee bell like yon? He'd on page 136

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ng the cobblestones, past the tenements, taeward the Clyde. The crane on page xiv

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
granite hooses, thrangit slum tenements, horse-an-cairts, university, on page 120

1 matches

Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
his auld patients in the slum tenements at the Pleasance in Edinburgh
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
a braid open street backed by tenements, shops an inns, atween which
lands. Ahint yin o the heich tenements lay the toun’s Fleshmairket
2 matches

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