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The word 'tele'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
teleOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.83217
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B 524.1 4 3
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 17.3 13 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of tele in Corpus

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Mid Northern B

Crawford, Jack The Pluffer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
Nae freens, nae tele, nae internet. Fit wid a di w
1 matches

Fowler, Ross Sunday Fitba wi ma Faither, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
e settled doon in front o the tele and the match started. Naethi
1 matches

Robson, Euan Peelie wally, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
sel. There wis naethin on the tele and the internet wis broken s
in the living room. I hid the tele lookin affa boonie. It wis sp
2 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ching curling or bowls on the tele fan ye cain nae matter fit, y(2017)
ight wearing the nicht on the Tele! Must hae got yon jecket fae (2019)
t a pile o’rubbish is on the tele nooadays! Nithing bit duncing(2020)

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
ae tae the day, whit tung hus tele? on page 216

1 matches

@annieones tweeted
since i saw it. Dinnae watch tele, it wis jist a fleetin glence (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
d the newspapers an watch the tele tae get the news an are subje on page 50

1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
e dim light like they dae oan tele. Nae red, nae blue, juist a c on page 3

4 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
Mollie tele him she did, but she didnae s on page 6

1 matches

Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
e gaun tae watch the rugby on tele noo," says Auntie Aggie. "It' on page 118

1 matches

@_Erinboyle_ tweeted
One ?? Fae yer phones tae the tele https://t.co/z2ARS6VdEf (2020) twitter link

@DABArbuckle tweeted
Sir Keir Startup oan the tele tellin us he'll no be grantin(2020)
nly thing oan the night John. Tele is utter shecht. Yince the we(2020)
m hearin masel shoutin at the tele "ARE YOU STILL HERE?"(2020)
Image is coming back oan the tele. Cannae wait.(2020)

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
s79 @star_welsh Mare than wan tele? Ya fandan! Am makin a specia (2022) twitter link
Got Strictly oan yer cooncil tele? (2022) twitter link
d ye watch it oan yer cooncil tele? ?? (2022) twitter link
there nothin oan yer cooncil tele hen? (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
Personally, ah'd rether buy a tele that disnae come wae BBC buil(2021)
be a misconception amang the tele planners that we dinnae want (2020)

South East (Borders)

@cammyrudkin tweeted
in the gym or jeest watch the tele as usual #eneedtibreakswet(2012)
@radioborders is it watch tele? Can e please congradulate ma(2012)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Wullie tele hur whut had happent. "A fun on page 18

1 matches

General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
t thon Ben Lowry eejit on the Tele @ciaranmacairt @5intheface #T(2018)