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The word 'tenner'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tennerOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12616
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 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 25.6 10 4
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 27.1 5 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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 tenner 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
ch, we wid hay tae spen oot a tenner a pitril tae get £3.00 baak, on page 38

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Ye widna see me pairtin wi a tenner o ma hard-eamed siller fir a on page 14

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
'Throw e tenner mercies o wir God, e mornin s on page 81

1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
brand ye’ll pey upwards o a tenner, for a pack o 20. ’At’s 9
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
e ata. Jonsar Eck asked for a tenner for the ten
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
a packet o Hardies emergency tenner blawn(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
local bingo club! Wife wins a tenner, I'm steen cauld sober & Bert(2018)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
kie (wi yer bus-pass) costs a tenner. on page 33

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
furget ah peyed yae back that tenner. That's a hunner grand ae any on page 17
d and ah selt her a tin fur a tenner. Granted, likes. She wisnae h on page 143

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
osin ma wallet. I micht get a tenner that I'll pay back affa next on page 35
oot o messages an ye owe me a tenner." on page 39
she muttered. "Oi! Where's ma tenner?" Hughie stopped long enough on page 44
e it," she shouted, "An extra tenner, ye said. I've nivver been sa on page 46

5 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
a tenner tae watch tranent at east fif (2021) twitter link
n a thought no - why pay a tenner when the man city/psg is free (2021) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
tickets tae me an Chris fur a tenner each. on page 78
asked if ah wantet tae earn a tenner fur helpin her babysit. Turnt on page 169

2 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
en though mines is only a wee tenner's bit, the polis ir always ma on page 33

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
strung oot, rattlin man. Two tenner bags required. Ah take it as
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
score notes aff us, stickin a tenner tae it.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
He hauns it back an rolls a tenner up, bendin oer the cistern, s
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tae keep the chainge aff the tenner ah gie him.
1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
ard but it turnt oot tae be a tenner? Wheniver it wus, guid oan ye on page

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'Ah bet you a tenner Marie's gat hur a wreath.' on page 111

1 matches

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