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The word 'tights'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tightsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.91610
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 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
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 3
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
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 tights in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Pile on jumpers, scarves and tights - wrap up warm fur chilly ni on page 75
incan roond in high heels and tights! on page 77

2 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
o tights afore. She hid tried tae pull
1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
under the cover, exposin torn tights where a rosy big toe, blacken on page 37

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
caught, much, tights, yacht.
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
d eeve got a braw leg fir the tights likes! (2021) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
lond, jist like the glisterin tights o a wumman tightrope walker i on page 50
walker's tights that hadnae been washed fur t on page 56

2 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Thirs anither ladder in ir tights on page 62

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
e, sae they wid use a pair of tights. When markin’ Adie’s pape
thru a pair o’ old woman's tights.” This caused the member o
ered, cause Adie had spelt “tights” phonetically!
3 matches

General Central

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Soor Ploom Fairy, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
tween the aniseed baws up his tights!
1 matches

Smith, George Electrical Love, (Thi-Wurd 2013) Central, prose
n n smilin. 40 denier mustard tights girl, wae the heavy patterned
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
kirt and zip-up jacket wi red tights tae match.
cross it, even pit some on ma tights and ma shoes. Then ah pressed
2 matches

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