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The word 'btw'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
btwOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus33.811014
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 220.6 87 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 23.9 18 9
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 1
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 btw in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
onaldson’s or Cockburn’s, BTW, so a sweeter flavour) and a
1 matches

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
(I dunna hae dis problem noo btw dem days ir by wi ??) (2021) twitter link

General Northern

@AMaxwell54 tweeted
m mair a Garioch quine masel! BTW, Ah'm a stalker an' aa! Ah've (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
n at last al - weel deserved btw - mind you these so called e (2021) twitter link
u - ffa cup games r still on btw (2021) twitter link
cottishCup luv this statement btw - am feckin buzzin fir the r (2021) twitter link
e_snp never said a truer word btw - huv a swatch at this nikki (2021) twitter link
ur statement on fb is spot on btw (2021) twitter link
and 81 other occurrences.

General Central

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
@ThomasM08749768 Btw ye rock the rod stewart look (2020)

@jamieonkeys tweeted
in o the wey fowk speaks. An, btw, the correct spellin is "It l(2018)

@MartinBroon tweeted
?????. Need tae get that song btw, so if yer stuck oan whit tae(2020)
scouseweegian Antwegian... oh btw did you know This toon is an (2019)
Btw, huv a look whit’s happenin (2019)
@ClydeFC Btw where’s awe yer Spinny! Flas(2019)

@RickHJohnston tweeted
voted to leave. Keep the heid BTW. https://t.co/vdetT9EbVN (2022) twitter link

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
at I Scots. Many Happy Onions btw(2020)

@OliphantWullie tweeted
Scottish govt by Westminster (btw thank you very much fir yir g (2022) twitter link
ter. Nae need fir wee insults btw. Keep it civil. (2022) twitter link
at was under a UK Labour Govt BTW. It is spoken by 1.5 MILLION (2022) twitter link
he auld wans are the best!!!! BTW no mony folk will ken yir ref (2022) twitter link
eautiful to hear practising ! BTW I went to a 'through' school (2022) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

@fairpechtoot tweeted
loose wummin in West Lothian btw!(2018)
elMcF Fair enjoyed the night! BTW, Ah bought MASEL a copy of 'E(2016)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
can vouch for all of you (and btw there are some in Alba I feel (2022) twitter link

@LowEndJardo tweeted
A hate airdrie so much btw, in all ma years ae supportin (2021) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
sin yon wird ilkaday, sklent. BTW - Ah made up 'sklentifruit' (2020)
eish even fir Murrkirk ?? 65% btw, yin up tae the Baur Castle B(2020)