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The word 'tyin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tyinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus41311
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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 tyin in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
r wir Tom, he is just fit fur tyin. on page 17

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
n earth is aboot to face him: tyin his laces! Eventually i sheen
1 matches

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
Bit makin' sheaves an' tyin ban's Wisna easy on yer han's on page 29

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
ronchitis". As Jonsar Eck wis tyin doon the load, he coodnae hel
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
ear the lum. He didnae bother tyin on a tow, he jist shoved the
1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
nurse wis tyin the straps on ma goonie, shae
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
sortit oot crabbit lions by tyin their legs and airms up in kn on page 3

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
noo ah'm tryin tae visualise tyin this useless joackey tae the on page 36

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
the high road o life. For, by tyin a string to the hint leg o a
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
tone Mr. Coyle.’ she sais, tyin her pony tail up intae a wee
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
balancin a wean oan her hip, tyin her hair intae a ponytail wae
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
dy wi a guid mony things, and tyin knots wis jist wan o them. Th on page 116

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
d ma een, an imagined Theseus tyin the twine tae the back o the
1 matches

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