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Use in varieties of Scots

tire Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5 3.6 6 0 5.8 0 17.7
Number of occurrences167 4 0 1 0 4
Number of authors13 7 4 1 1

Occurrences of tire in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
e be tint, nor wis he deein o tire or hunger or drouth or fear. on page 12

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
tire him oot. Nae such luck. Ah ci on page 176

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
That kin niver hurt nor tire, on page 83

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
tho just as quick thay’ll tire o its glimin,
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
The heavenly spearsman didnae tire
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
llBarr @FrankOctopus Ah niver tire o watchin it. @TomHolland1996(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
a never tire looking at awe these comments (2021) twitter link

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
tarraneesin. A was drappin wi tire tae; an, fan it becam clair t on page 56

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
An me? ['ll tire doon till ma vest An keep on on page 15

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
o days like this I'll nivver tire,
1 matches

@glenlivetloon tweeted
@WingsScotland Ye jist widnae tire o slapping that fisog and I d(2013) search twitter

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
I could never tire o da maalie ballet http://t.c(2014) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Alice wus gittin wile tire't o sittin baeside hir sister on page 7
wile slippy; an whin shae had tire't hirsel oot wi tryin, the pe on page 14
oot o this pool? A'm pooerfu tire't sweemin aboot here, Oh Moos on page 22
, an run tae shae wus brev an tire't an oot o breath, an tae sha on page 42

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