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Use in varieties of Scots

tesco Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.4 18.2 30 29.8 17.4 0 4.4
Number of occurrences6336 20 3 3 0 1
Number of authors27 11 10 2 3 1

Occurrences of tesco in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
gh ah've only goat a daft wee Tesco hing. on page 18

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
whelmed wae what's oan offer. Tesco delivery drivers wanted, hand on page 122

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
r buy rolls an cauld meat fae Tesco. on page 28
tae English, Want tae go tae Tesco fur lunch. Charlene had never on page 47
said, If you want tae go tae Tesco then you go tae Tesco an ah'l on page 48
, ah said, Yir gaunnae go tae Tesco wi us. No, said Harpreet, But on page 49
st us wan time when ah wis in Tesco w ma ma an nearly took wur le on page 66
Also on pages 124, 131, 169
16 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
's hur cute doon hur hours in Tesco, so she can focus more on car on page 11
ago. Ma retail experience fae Tesco stood ma application in good on page 34
Ah'd gone tae the Tesco up the road and bought French on page 76
see a doctor and Hot Dave fae Tesco. Ma face crumples in embarras on page 85
. A psychic who came intae ma Tesco said ah wis a star child who' on page 89

6 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
wis hou Wullie Low's wis caad Tesco nou, like that haedna happene on page 125

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
a hairspray an deodrint oota Tesco at lunshtiym an sellin thum h on page 41

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
wis hou Wullie Low's wis caad Tesco nou, like that haedna happene
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Alang the shelves at Tesco.
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah go tae Tesco later that nicht. Senga hud l
ially distanced queue ootside Tesco. Ah make nervous eye contact
2 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
e stond aside in the queue at Tesco, or Aldi or Lidls. Fowk frae
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
et. Makin ma wey past the big Tesco nixt door tae the surgery. Ah
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
e of those cheffy things that Tesco sell. Really good, chips were(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
seeing people wandering aboot tesco wae nae mask, buying a carry (2020) search twitter

@rattlecans tweeted
l_g_mclaugh @Jonathan_Rowson @Tesco "Did yer man knock fuck oot y (2022) twitter link
l_g_mclaugh @Jonathan_Rowson @Tesco "Look at that... yer face is (2022) twitter link

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
It was ainly five minutes tae Tesco, he couldna get that weet, su on page 72

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
oan the caal meat coonter it Tesco's. She bides Ower the road fa on page 22
"Nae Tesco's or Safeway's, bit wi did ha on page 87

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
sion - anither twinty year o Tesco Value beans an scratty lawvie on page 86
ages on the check-oot belt it Tesco; her obsessive tidiness aroon on page 87

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
any. "Ah clean the lavvies it Tesco's - an Ah mak a bliddy gweed on page 33

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
thay ither flooers bocht frae Tesco, bit Wullie did pou thaim
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
in there wiz a carboot at the Tesco car park. I drew inaboot an t
1 matches

TheChielMeister Nae mince in Moray, (youtube.com 2008) Doric, poetry
Nihing fur it, awa tae Tesco
Goat tae Tesco, jist in time
2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Oi! Tesco, ye hiv missed oot the i on t(2017) search twitter
Quick geets, Tesco Ellon hiv laid on a free padd(2017) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@NatalieAHood @Tesco He's a radge(2020) search twitter
@NatalieAHood @Tesco And obviously a priiiiiick(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
@Ali_Leith @Tesco Ging ti Morrisons(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
t wud b fabulous. Am jist oot tesco havin spent debt o a wee coun(2011) search twitter
i'm bein gd, nae McD's 4 me. Tesco nxt(2011) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@fitbatweets @Tesco Can ye nae jist pick oot e' c(2019) search twitter
ae reef. Donkeys years afore Tesco,etc.(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Thir no been tae Tesco or Lidl fur on page 102

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Tame Hogmanay, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
nights, or, worst o all, tae Tesco Kirkwall urging us tae ‘cel
Hogmanay’ – but whit dis Tesco really ken aboot Hogmanay, ap
2 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
k is fae da Polish section in Tesco, fur nane a da younger fokk c on page 9

1 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Sky high fuel prices maks trows lie low, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
dey wir holidayin at an when Tesco wis gaein tae open.
1 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
e da lass guardin wir peerie @Tesco to turn awa someones partner (2020) twitter link

Ulster

Fenton, James A' it taks, (Ullans Press 2000) Ulster, poetry
in Tesco's:
1 matches

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