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The word 'twas'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
twasOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72920
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.1 7 4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 2
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of twas in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
have exercised more care - 'twas plain to see the ice was ther on page 75

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ang haand in haand, gyaain in twas: dey wir aa deckit oot wi her on page 80

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
sent them oot aheid o him in twas, till aa e toons an clachans on page 97

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ner fit frae tap tae boddam. 'Twas the deepest man-vrocht hole i
An fin she boos doon? Weel, 'twas nae san ava! 'Twis gowden sto
sic maitters wi Brian. Deed, 'twas better that he didna, fur Bri
3 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
hessmen war paraadin about in twas! on page 16
rowe the wuidin, firstlins in twas an threes, syne ten or twinty on page 90

2 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"Twas when the dunkey took a notion on page 18

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
'Twas on a braw, bricht summer day
1 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Twas a cauld night as it aye wis i
liquid form oan mah heid bit 'twas dingyed. A' mah attention wis
ble bitter chill. Except noo 'twas aw weys. Somethin wis under t
pointy gust o' win`, ah knew 'twas unco as it stairted tae desce
4 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
e we both had a fab time ?? ‘twas glorious x https://t.co/qp4Fw(2020)

Dundee

Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ur hud it got tae night time? Twas sae mirk! Then ah realised as
an afore ah cuid tak shelter, twas hammerin doon lik’ wee bull
2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ad mak their wey secretly, in twas an threes, up lanely glens an on page 28
y o the corn stooks, furst in twas an threes, then in their dizz on page 34

2 matches

McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
It roared 'n' protested bit 'twas tae huge tae shift oot o' tis
1 matches

General Central

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
hey lowp in yir road in anes, twas and threes, on page 5

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
they stapped by twas an threes on page 49

1 matches

MacKenzie, Douglas Eemis Stane 1 - Puir Finch, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Twas necessary, on page 13

1 matches

Landles, William Lallans 73 - Welcome, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
'Twas a hoose o birlin splendour on page 57

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
murmered again tae himsel ‘ Twas then a blast o Januar win, bl
1 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
rmer @ellahickson @IshbelMcF 'Twas afore she Saw the Licht!(2019)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Twas but a gentle slope on page 50

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Cartmill, Claire Three score years an ten, (Ballymoney and Moyle Times 2014) Ulster, newspaper
‘Twas great tae hear the tappin fee
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
Twas a coul oul nicht
1 matches

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