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Use in varieties of Scots

taak Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words29.3 0 9 49.7 5.8 0 362.9
Number of occurrences940 6 5 1 0 82
Number of authors19 4 3 1 11

Occurrences of taak in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
'The pepper A taak ivry day,' says Fergie, windr on page 76

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
. "Et's a chunse yeel hay tae taak," say's Baggy, handen thi fla on page 47
'l jist be deein eis, so's al taak em haim." So a wurket awa an on page 62
bit jist anuff so's eit widna taak awa ower qwik. Oneywuly, a we on page 68

3 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
nae wi me! Am I his catcher? Taak aboot him aa e time? His vice
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
n i beese ti him. He can just taak himsell roon to them and save(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
an gently aised her ahied tae taak aap the slack. Slowly as he t on page 16
But couldno taak awey the smell, o rank soor p on page 80

2 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ishes but be carefil whit you taak on page 36

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
ys," he says, an shrugs. Thay taak a waak i'the wynds. "I wouldn on page 87

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
me mind tae uiss Orcadian tae taak ayont Orkney. Fir whan yir la
1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
in waar /wa:r/, maak /ma:k/, taak /ta:k/. Lang or stressed cons on page 32

1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Frae tha coorse taak o tha nighbers on page 14
Tha taak o fowks tha lenth o Skethrick on page 27
t whun ma bak is turn't he'll taak - on page 44

3 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
noo shae near furgot hoo tae taak richt). "Noo A'm openin oot l on page 16
use, noo," thocht Alice, "tae taak tae this moose? Iverythin's t on page 22
shae had offendet it. "Wae'll taak nae mair aboot it, if yae din on page 23
Come on baak agane, an wae'll taak nae mair aboot cats, or doags on page 24
oul it wus, thur wus nae mair taak aboot it. on page 25
Also on pages 27, 31, 50, 58, 60, 70, 75, 77, 84, 87, 89, 91, 95, 98, 104, 112
25 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
fer they thïnk tha mair the' taak, tha better the' wull be heer on page 6
feet. ° An thïs wus aa tha taak o that hale kintrieside. on page 9
struck dum an no be fït tae taak tae tha wean's boarn. But thà on page 69
d, but aa tha while he cudnae taak. Bye an bye, whaniver he haed on page 70
us dumfoonèrt an ït wus tha taak o tha hale kintrieside o Jude on page 71
Also on pages 75, 76, 81, 82, 89, 97, 104, 107
21 matches

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
(fur tha fowk mair nor thair taak) gaes baak til 16an40. Seein on page 7
cud taak, raed or scrieve Ulstèr-Scot on page 8
pit afore bodies 'at daesnae taak kintrie-pairt or unnèr-docht on page 14
il tha nummer o yins fït tae taak Ulstèr-Scotch an tae mak sic on page 42

6 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
media tae taak ir maistly peyed staff wha ha on page 40
it shud meet twist a yeir tae taak on page 55

2 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
ae, here it is, aifter aa the taak, it's daen, me buik o poames! on page 1
Jaist listen twice as much as taak!! on page 24
Wae aa o this taak that ye hear. on page 45
Whan ye taak tae them, on page 49

4 matches

Reynolds, Charlie An Appeal frae tha hairt, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
ak. An tae tha yins wha still taak tha Ullans mine an ax yer pol
1 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Tha demise o oor ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
yins at tha heid o things tae taak is sayrious. Tha yins on tha
tae thinkin that tha wye they taak is mill stane roon thaur neck
a dinnae spake it, wud rether taak it aff tha 'life support mach
3 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Tak pride in yer ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2009) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
Iveryboady shud bae gled tae taak an scrieve in thur ain moathe
ly bae ashamed o tha wye thae taak. This mann stap an tha schuil
s richtfa place, becaase jest taak a luk at onythin thats dane i
noo, stan up for tha wye wae taak an let tha wurl see that wur
4 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
aethin) oan 0800 587 2021 tae taak til a bodie in Ulster-Scotch.
Hoo weel cud ye taak Inglisch?
Nae kennin Unnèrstaun Taak Raed Scrieve
Nae kennin Unnèrstaun Taak Raed Scrieve
Cud ye unnèrstaun, taak, raed or scrieve Airisch?
8 matches

Gibson, Darren Cannae Thole Ye!, (lowcountrylad.blogspot.com/ 2014) Ulster - Ards, blog
daein? This week A'd laik tae taak tae ye aboot yin o’ ma favo
1 matches

Gibson, Darren Oor ain strange lan, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ards, poetry
Nae mair the taak we hard as weans,
An mair than taak is loast an gan,
2 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
er does thon wee #Rory cratur taak the aul leid? (2014) twitter link

@Rosehill_girl tweeted
h! IÂ’ve a wheen oÂ’wurds tae taak that lie nearhan tae ma hairt (2021) twitter link

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