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The word 'twine'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
twineOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62213
ORK - Orkney 69.6 7 5
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 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
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 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) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of twine in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
On the end o a piece o baler twine, he hid sometheen roond and b on page 50

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
r haands sweeng closs, touch, twine, pull back, touch more. An th on page 62

1 matches

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
They twine up fae the buddom an burst on page 108

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The reel o binder twine jerkan roond and roond, as ea on page 95

2 matches

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
thi twine oilan tae gold in thi dayligh on page 18

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
ir hands sweeng closs, touch, twine,
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
nie's oot o al bit's a gut an twine fit wis lyin aboot, An offin on page 1

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
wis dry an licht, the binder twine wad need tae be adjusted tae
1 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
cht an shape fur a lassie tae twine her twa fite airms aroon. An on page 51

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
cut the binder twine an handed the shaves tae the
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
e'll fence thaim aff wi baler twine, on page 93

1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
e, tether the mooth wi binder-twine an lab thaim in the burn. Dro on page 82

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
ls tae he foond a baw o thick twine.
heseus tae tie the end o this twine tae the door o the Labyrinth,
he Labyrinth. Forby the baw o twine, I wis haudin a dirk that I h
e skiffed past, I slippit the twine an the dirk intae his haunds
an imagined Theseus tyin the twine tae the back o the door, stic
6 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Stoutly bound wi guid strong twine on page 8

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
le hel thegither wi stranglin twine on page 16
ewed button catched tha ticht twine on page 17

2 matches

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