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The word 'taill'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
taillOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus17.5562
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 10.2 4 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 66.8 50 1
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 taill in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ie at follaein thaim. Heir ma taill o aunter an jeopartie.
a wie, than shae telt him the taill o the bluid in the
s on hiz lei lane. The sairie taill outcam i
Ye ken the taill, sae A winna plew throu it ag
4 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
a plene i the furm o :- " The Taill o the Auld Brig" on page 25

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
aw the lang day lik a fairie-taill prenses. Bot ane auld crok li on page 2

1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Nae wurd gien, forbye his ain taill tellin. on page 10
ribes and Skaldie set tae the taill. on page 13
rns ben the bothie. 'Gie us a taill, Skald, yin wud stert. 'Aye, on page 14

50 matches

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