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The word 'tweed'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tweedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus93023
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 36.3 3 3
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.8 3 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) 605.7 1 1
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of tweed in Corpus

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Orkney

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
The finest tweed too, David says, and sighs: on page 39

1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
air Isle cardigan an a peerie tweed skirt on. As she prinked in d
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
settled on riggin in her new tweed skirt an her best flooery blo
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Keepers in plus-fowers an tweed pickie saes on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
blaik hair. Sally Bruce hid a tweed cape buttoned roon her neck,
nee-length breeks, an a thick tweed cap ruggit doon ower his lugs
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
elt Kirsty Ann jokes. He wore tweed jaikets that yoamed o baccy a
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ae airm. He wis dressed in a tweed jaicket an flannel troosers; on page 14

1 matches

General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
the Tweed tae Innerleithen, ower the
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
le o fly men, Mr Harris an Mr Tweed, arrives on the island an sen
ird gauns tae Mr Harris an Mr Tweed tae 'see hoo they're getting
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
bi ettlin tae pit Berwick-on-Tweed back on-tae the Scots map.
land frae England. Berwick-on-Tweed haes chynged haunds atween Sc
2 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
e pooder aw ower his fantoosh tweed jaickit. on page 56

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ir; an wis wearin a twa-piece tweed ootfit - got oot an came owe on page 106

1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
h boays come oot, aw swagger, tweed jaickets, elbow patches, the on page 3

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
s Burton’s raincoat (1962), tweed jaiket an a bunnet. He never
1 matches

General Central

Aitchison, Craig nobody remembers the birdman - Fishin the Mairch, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
Tweed Watter scrauchles East, until on page 1

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
I seen oan the banks o the Tweed thon day; then grey, on page 49

1 matches

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
Evelyn Tweed (SNP) - 18 Juin 2024 - tae on page 1

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
rie dauds fae his thrawn Nazi tweed on page 45

1 matches

@ClashCityClarky tweeted
weel duin tae @NBMScotland an Tweed Valley's Rangers supporters f(2019)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
The Tweed, the Cheviot or Border Merse on page 47

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
Tweeddale is chyngit inti ‘Tweed Valley’.
1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ivin his car anenst the river Tweed, him an his car endit up i th
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
e Clyde, fae the Nith tae the Tweed, election's near here an the on page 77

2 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
an daunerin back ower the Tweed on page 24

1 matches

Donegal (East Donegal)

Watson, Audrey Yarns 3 - The Tay Meetin, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Fermanagh, prose
an be wan til ye culd see the tweed agin. She fairly kep the tay
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
She puult on a tweed skirt an cream twin set, clae on page 18

1 matches

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