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The word 'tic'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ticOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.4149
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 27.1 5 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 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 tic in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Hardie, Buff Dod 'n' Bunty, (Evening Express 2000) Doric, newspaper
e Barker on the TV? Weel, the tic-tac within the criminal frate
1 matches

(South) East Central

McFarlane, Ishbel Time tae mairch oot o oor climate comfort zones, (The National 2019) Central, newspaper
m. Fir generation Z, thon’s Tic Tok, but some o the videos di
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
like he’s goat some nervous tic.
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
lticfanzone @NeuroNerd78 no a tic fan m8 but how true this is - (2020) twitter link
things u luv to see - the tic crumbling before ur very eyes (2021) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
allus checky suit and a yella tic. 'he ugsome wide orange-and g on page 44

1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Like flags in battle playin tic-tac-toe. on page 121

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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
€™s goat us tickets. Mone the tic!’ Pearcey sais, hiccupin.
ounced his allegiance tae the tic when he wis a wean, ah dare s
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Whit like? Tic money?’ ah sais, pushin ma
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
condition that he get it oan tic so’s he could sell it first
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Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Hush Nou, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
nae mair tic
1 matches

General Central

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
radeetional puzzle gemmes lik tic-tac-toe tae swith graphical g on page 54

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
radeetional puzzle gemmes lik tic-tac-toe tae swith graphical g on page 54

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