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The word 'ties'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tiesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.83525
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 23 5 4
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.6 8 8
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 2
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) 36.3 2 1

Occurrences of ties in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
stripes and wans wi mock bow ties. on page 47
airns aal ower the floor. The ties get stuffed in pockets when t on page 70
mine aye haads some hankies, ties or socks. Ah'll swear they ge on page 81

4 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
a is a grammatical feature at ties a description tae da on page 86

1 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
tated towards Scotland ... as ties with Scandinavia ... weakened
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
r skins the deid lammie's and ties its fleece roon the ootlinn.
1 matches

General Northern

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ases wi polish and dusters an ties tae the door. Files still an
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
the kirk yard not sure about ties yet though(2020)
ye rang threid ats the bombay ties noo ??(2020)
@dpke1983 Mair European ties under his belt than many o th(2020)

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
y jaickets and usually donned ties that were yella or pale green on page 17

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
freckles an his bad taste in ties an fitba, ah'd on page 34
o yi could see the new school ties; then they got another wan to on page 169

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Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
the Dutch haes dredged new cíties frae their seas, sae haes oor
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert The Wit o Solomon, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
the wecht o lairdly ties:
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
rt king o Scotland, free o aw ties tae oor southron neebours. Th on page 61

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
s saiprit frae the dewties an ties o rale lyfe an wes flaitin in on page 2

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
est uniforms, polished shoes, ties the proper length n tight roo on page 57

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ts comfortin associative qual ties. But it can distract wan fae on page 3

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
Ah get the fear. Their school ties are done ip at hauf mast. on page 7

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
t sweat patches under oxters, ties undone, shirts an blouses unb
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
an ma ties tae hame on page 9

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
owe bauchelt and gumsy, Jones ties a brick aroond their necks an on page 6

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Ah get the fear. Their school ties are done up at hauf mast. on page 5

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
bow-ties an Sunday shirts on page 53

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ae a mining faimily wi strang ties tae the union muivement. He l on page 133

1 matches

Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
the Labour Perty’s explicit ties wi socialism. This merkit the
1 matches

Briggs, Susi O Rabbie, I hae seen the day, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Severin ties o tender past
1 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
er she had nae socks, shorts, ties or shirts left she said: "Ach(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
the ties that thirlt him fast tae Gall on page 28

1 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
cutting the ties o' childhood on page 101

2 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
e thïngs. A'll gie ye ten cïties tae rin!' An tha saicont yin on page 102

2 matches

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