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The word 'tattoos'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tattoosOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.51514
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 20.5 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
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 tattoos in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Tattoos wir placed on page 107

1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
, an his airms wis covered wi tattoos fae shouder tae nieve; he sho
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
in wind wi naething but their tattoos tae protect them. They war ui
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
thusiast. He hus these tribal tattoos covered acroass his bald heid on page 38

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
hae kennt its meanin) - hid tattoos theirsels. The norie that the on page 97

1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
oan it as well. Aw muscles an tattoos an shaved heids. Wan ae thum on page 9

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
-erms, pocked wi roughly done tattoos that ye don't see oan this ge on page 3

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
rt, showin aff a multitude ay tattoos, an his long black hair tied
1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
fur lovin them - stampit wi tattoos on page 90

1 matches

McLeish, Alistair Lallans 102 - Eco Cheil, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
veless Klein Set off sexed-up tattoos, Bejewellt she wiz, lang nail on page 42

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
w naked warriors decoratit wi tattoos. Hooivver, these pentins dinn
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The Potemkin Pairty, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ghastly? Sum o thaim hae got tattoos, an messy bairds; sum o thaim
1 matches

Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
the hardest man in fitba. Hud tattoos on his teeth, apparently. Him
1 matches

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