tuik | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
---|---|---|---|
Total Corpus | 98.3 | 315 | 34 |
ORK - Orkney | |||
SHD - Shetland | |||
TON - Tonge | |||
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | |||
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
MNA - Mid Northern A | 255.1 | 78 | 1 |
MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
SNO - South Northern | |||
ABN - Aberdeen | 23.7 | 2 | 2 |
DOR - General Northern | 44.3 | 10 | 3 |
NEC - North East Central | |||
SEC - (South) East Central | 153.5 | 60 | 9 |
WCE - West Central | 41.4 | 9 | 3 |
DUN - Dundee | |||
EDN - Edinburgh | 119.2 | 19 | 2 |
GLA - Glasgow | |||
AYR - Ayrshire | 707.7 | 54 | 2 |
LAL - General Central | 92.2 | 69 | 20 |
SEA - South East (Borders) | 137.2 | 11 | 1 |
SWE - South West (Galloway) | 41.7 | 3 | 2 |
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) |
Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
wi thon, fur the puir laddie tuik them aften. He'd hae a forewa
s. Nava hid a Mars Bar. Bappy tuik oot a pyoke o crips an a can
Nava tuik the lead, the sun sae heich a
an his wife socht her in, an tuik tent o the speirin luik on he
n Cammy's trade in the market tuik a sair dunt – till fowk los
26 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
g, like Jimmy Shaw hid fin he tuik measles. She heard her mither
up’n doon bowfin. It tuik Mistress McGincy oors tae red
intae ane anither. They even tuik shotties o sittin on Mistress
blew hissel aff his feet. He tuik oot a blue hanky, an wrung hi
en hame an suppit his tea, he tuik oot his shears an a fang o ya
20 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
t it?” Miss Helen Troy then tuik oot a wee notebook, wi rows o
1 matches
Reid, Adeline Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Clootie Duff, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
I tuik a stoon ae mornin tae makk a on page 20
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Tales Fae The Doric Side - Overheard at Wetherspoons, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
I tuik a richt mentler. on page 32
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
argain," they tellt her. "She tuik the maist precious ferlie we on page 126
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 67 - The Road I didna Takk, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
Syne tuik the tither, as jist as braa on page 62
2 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
ave in the Burn o Vat, far he tuik me aften an telt me the great on page 51
4 matches
Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Yin day the soutar his sel tuik ill on page 27
1 matches
Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
Harry tuik a blaw at his auld bleck cutt on page 86
2 matches
Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
wanderer Wha spoke as gin he tuik on page 7
They tuik the piss richt oot o him And on page 22
He tuik ti his buiks, And turned a bi on page 23
We twa tuik oor blytheheid in that clinti on page 41
eir banners. Then the photies tuik us in turn fae there doun bac on page 73
5 matches
Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
their walks, years efter they tuik their redundancy payments, ye on page 136
1 matches
Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
fence, ir ye?' He said, 'Yez tuik yer time ower it, (naebody iv on page 59
t nicht an efter his tea, Ian tuik a baa intil the perk tae pley on page 60
3 matches
Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ey’z, sae wir twa cumpanies tuik
confortabil. He tuik a souk at the reimin tap o’
Tammas tuik anither swallie at the yill,
r,” sayed hiz sister an aff-tuik hir caumel-hair bavarie. Ye
steich cheil wi nae mense. He tuik a glisk at hir pasport an tha
32 matches
Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
ither. The wee tailor sat an tuik tent o aa this an near leuch
sat doon on the stane bink an tuik oot his graith an begoud tae
Syne he tuik anither glint. “Naw, naw!
3 matches
Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
kin.” An Sam apent his een, tuik a braith, an cowpit out the c
1 matches
Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
the bouer, Miss Marjoribanks tuik tent o his profeel: the stey
bouer again an tuik the tither raed, to the shops
amagastin as the cauld watter tuik your braith
That’s whaur auld Mr Gray tuik his faa, at the tap o the sta
then he tuik her aefauld instructions for
5 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
I tuik him tae be a hauf-chackit or
1 matches
Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
This unexpected intervention tuik the wind oot thir sails big t
1 matches
Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
a queer colourfu’ land. It tuik them a wee while tae adjust,
1 matches
Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
game as a spectator sport. He tuik ma sister tae see a Scotland
uld enough, faither sometimes tuik me tae see Falkirk F.C. (his
2 matches
Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
tuik us ti the water's edge on page 129
1 matches
Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
e has chyngit sin the Revival tuik ma heid in the 1960s, but it on page 56
1 matches
Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
(Tuik time-oot frae the 'Tims an Hu on page 32
1 matches
Hardie, George Lallans 81 - Annie and the New Chairs, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
ned briefcase neist his feet, tuik a lang swallae frae his pint,
and wee thin lippit mou. She tuik in the situation at a glance
2 matches
Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
ower ti the table, sat doun, tuik a lang swallae frae his pint,
Tammy tuik a lang swallae frae his pint,
Ah tuik the plant bi surprise an ower
3 matches
Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
t him. The wes nichts whan he tuik a dale mair rumb an wattir ni on page 5
r wes ferr gane in a dwyne at tuik him aff. Dr Livingston cam i on page 6
t unner, pit up hiz wappen an tuik hiz sate agane, grummlin lik on page 9
4 matches
Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
wey o airms an outainsells, A tuik a birlin-gunn, a wie sprerit- on page 5
2 matches
Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
i a byous kervit lidd. He aff tuik the lidd an pikit up thrie wi on page 3
1 matches
Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
orisioun. The straes tuik a wie bittie tym ti flait dou on page 42
ok out the neist ruid, Barbar tuik the cauk an drauchtit sicna r on page 44
fe." An thai gaed, bot Barbar tuik hiz ain boitie an in a whylie on page 45
he ti awn at the auld eimages tuik a guid whylie ti wede awaw. on page 47
5 matches
Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
bot onie gates the Airtik Sie tuik hiz corpus an aw Tittie's war on page 4
Nancie tuik Tittie bi the airm an gyed hi on page 8
2 matches
Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
e o wair outen its reddin, he tuik the gate acorss the meidae ti
kinkil in its ei at hed erest tuik hiz tent.
, as the Mouss shivvit aff an tuik til the airrs agane. “Dae y
n he onhankit the snekkler an tuik the skills agane. “Whit’s
4 matches
Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
they mairched of Dumfries an tuik prisoner the military command on page 26
in bairns at conventicles, he tuik tae the hills. It wis a fou t on page 30
n win ootricht ... An then we tuik Corsels on the lang an weary on page 31
caution o a professional, he tuik cauld feet an sent oot a flag on page 37
an John Graham 9 Claverhouse tuik his chance tae grab the reins on page 38
Also on pages 39, 41, 44, 47, 51, 53, 54, 57, 59, 60, 67, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 78, 80, 81
27 matches
Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - Napoleon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
tuik his revenge fir this sair bla
1 matches
Donaldson, Gordon Lallans 90 - Echty-Echt, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
a coach trip til Hungary. We tuik oor instruments, and on the S on page 36
1 matches
Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
un hae his blissin'" The fowk tuik haly comfort, an Grannie tuik on page 11
tae a cauld daith. An Harald tuik the rule aifter his faither. on page 14
34 matches
Anderson, Elizabeth Lallans 59 - OBITUARY : ALISTAIR TAYLOR 1928 - 2001, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
erdeen's Northern College, he tuik airlie retiral. Efter a lang on page 4
3 matches
Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Be siccarness whaur parents tuik nae reck, on page 9
Whan lest he left, he tuik the dribs on page 12
nou her mon wis aa. An sae I tuik on page 13
Whereat they tuik the rue on page 48
That buses tuik the deilward road on page 70
5 matches
Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
kit as they sang. Forbye, she tuik photies o the places an the f on page 62
1 matches
Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
When I tuik coffee wi fowk, ootbye in tho on page 43
1 matches
Cameron, Peter Lallans 58 - The Cornfields o Lowdie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
bairn's mishanter). When they tuik aff the stookie, it was crine on page 47
1 matches
Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
e words "Come awa in!". Aggie tuik great delicht in a veisit fae on page 8
1 matches
Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
One day it tuik ti mak aa vain, nae mair, on page 35
1 matches
Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
n the horse's muckle shouders tuik the strain as the sherp coult on page 17
1 matches
Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
...the Fermer tuik guid tent airtin the muckle g on page 17
1 matches
Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
wis maistly Burns's wark. He tuik in the swatches o his eilins, on page 69
2 matches
Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
in. The builder, the builder, tuik aff the haill glessfi, hauf-g on page 72
1 matches
Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
An frae his airms he tuik aft bunden rings on page 87
1 matches
Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ed blissfu. Eftir the war, he tuik whitevir peyed wark he could on page 133
1 matches
Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
s and sat doun at a desk. She tuik out her teachers' planner bui on page 37
2 matches
Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
we hae hained mony ploys that tuik us tae hyne awa places whilk on page 46
2 matches
Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
They tuik him in, brak breid wi him
They tuik their leave in Santander.
whitever wis it tuik ye awa
3 matches
Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 76 - Mither tung?, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
her folks hud tuik her ower the sea
1 matches
Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
k doon masel. Boys-fur-rags A tuik tae mean rag and bone men but
1 matches
Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
anta’s gaze towards it. She tuik a keek backarts an, happy tha
d. The goddess wis bilin. She tuik a deep braith, an turned Hipp
2 matches
McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
istoia caa’d Guelfo Taviani tuik it on his sel tae gie Cecco h
1 matches
Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
and the men tuik her awaa on page 25
1 matches