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The word 'tangled'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tangledOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3108
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 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 tangled in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
green, blue an orange piles o tangled rope on page 49

1 matches

Aberdeen

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
neck, under the lang, blaik, tangled mane. Tae the bairn, Auld Wal
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
n oot the grun: a hand trowel tangled up in a lang iron chain. Wie
1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
so fast that they jumbled an tangled. Doon at the pub, the men sla on page 39

1 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
tummy wis a fankle o' knots, tangled 'n' tightenin wi' ilk tick o'
ud managed tae escape fae th' tangled fankle o' covers oan his kip
2 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Whit tangled webs the Royals weave, And sm on page 44
In a tangled heap, on page 37

2 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
meh tongue gits tangled, on page 16

1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
k an' watch it. Dinnae get a' tangled up wi it, jist gie yersel' a on page

1 matches

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