A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example ahint

The word 'tuils'

- basic concord - pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings -

Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tuilsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.5156
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
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of tuils 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.

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
"Ian, row up yer tuils an gang ower the Close, ye're on page 26

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
d in the playgrund with thair tuils an a pile o timmer. on page 95

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
cht sherp. I'll breing ye yer tuils in the van.' on page 59

1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie O pigs and dugs: what for dae we treat them sae different?, (Mak Forrit 2024) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ertest animals. They can uise tuils, win abuin problems, shaw emp
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
itties o weir an cablin, smaa tuils an remote keys. Beatrice had
tually e’en some auld rusty tuils, which he cleant up an made t
2 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
tent that the Bill disnae gie tuils, mechaeesms or fundin fur loc on page 17

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ullie telt him til row up his tuils an get ready ti gang oot on a on page 65

6 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ware ahint this virtual warld tuils the indwallers, or residenter
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
than carriet or tuils an sic lyke, owre the hill ta
1 matches

Web Analytics