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The word 'tool'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
toolOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.73924
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 22.9 7 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.1 7 4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 37.2 6 2
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 15.8 12 9
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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of tool in Corpus

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie Meenie’s Viking spoon, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
clean. Dey even hed a special tool for da job,” she said recki
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
's it!" Joyce gaithered up er tool an stairtit pittin aa er stuf on page 44

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
an flung his new yalla beach tool doon on his sun-bed, waatchin on page 10
e dry himsel wi the new beach tool. "Ess hisna bin waashed. It's on page 11
aistered wi ooies aff the new tool. on page 13

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
oan the road an a maanie wi a tool box stannin oan the tap step. on page 24

1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
use @caldamac Aye. In the big tool aisle(2019)

General Northern

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@theJeremyVine He's a feckin tool(2018)

(South) East Central

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ugs can whiles be yaised as a tool o oppression.) The day, houiv
1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
is tolerated as a commercial tool, but no as the language o reb
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ideas as weel. Language is a tool that sairs, but conditions an
level that allous it tae be a tool for expressin particlar thoch
man richt tae uise Scots as a tool o communication in public. Wh
ss o Scots as a communication tool in public, an spoken forms o
4 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ah’m carefully examinin ma tool kit. Fae the rusty pair ae pl
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ang's I used the roond moo'ed tool, on page 114

1 matches

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
‘Yer a right tool’, Nichols laughed but wi a
Tool!’ he blasted. ‘Yer callin
alling yer best pal a fucking tool. Ah’ve never been so insult
torted, ‘aye. Yer a fucking tool!’.
at offhandedly being called a tool. Ah’m no sayin it wiz smart
5 matches

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Wha use us as a trainin’ tool
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
grily: "Ye're no the sherpest tool in the boax, ir ye?" on page 94

1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt La Le La Le La Iron Mountain, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
homo faber- labourer- tool makker
1 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
His warklum his tool, on page 11

1 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
w tae makit a fit legislative tool in aw conceivable linguistic on page 18

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
instance, is an affa uissfae tool for thaim that's wantin tae w on page 51

2 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Yaisin the RPS as a research tool promises tae be baith product on page 21

1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
auns as a treisurable lairnin tool for scuils an teachers.
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Deid huddies an the Moray Eel, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ishin an whit a fine barterin tool it micht be for Theresa May.
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Writin's a tool,
Writin's a tool
2 matches

Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
rch’ function – yon byous tool – does mak it seem possible
1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
y, will support Scots. A braw tool fir lairners! https://t.co/uD (2017) twitter link

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
“Wud ye hae anither wuid tool?” she spiered, pickin up a
1 matches

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