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Use in varieties of Scots

talked Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.7 23.3 7.5 9.9 5.8 10.3 0
Number of occurrences5446 5 1 1 1 0
Number of authors30 23 4 1 1 1

Occurrences of talked in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ou came intae the bit and got talked aboot for weeks. That incomer on page 76

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
been tae Craig Tara so ah've talked her intae comin wae me. We're on page 1

1 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
In gloamin eve we walked an talked, on page 14

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
e Widows of Clyth (1979), has talked of his own central concern wi on page 44

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
attitudes. Some o the animals talked aboot their duty o lealty tae on page 6

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
thon whit's talked bi wheels on page 45

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
ma stepdaughter that ah niver talked tae showed up tae ma purvey a on page 28

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
"Well, me 'n Iona had always talked aboot movin tae Uist one day, on page 3

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
fur ma teacher. She thocht ah talked like a lassie who should be i on page 7

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ther aboot you and ah've jist talked aboot masel the hale time. Ah on page 200

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
it the school or she could've talked to a teacher or she could've on page 83
s Auldhill that afternoon: we talked aboot her wee gran wean an ho on page 101
ck home. As we wur walkin, we talked aboot whit we wur baith plann on page 169

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
tey noo an again, but naebidy talked aboot him. Ah don't think the on page 76

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
wis gaun'ae go fur it, but ah talked hur intae it. It's whit guid on page 53
close tae home. She might huv talked a good job aboot LA, but Gran on page 87

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
tin, no even in thae days. He talked aboot the Dodgers Stadium, Ra on page 136

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
see it in thir eyes whin they talked aboot ut. Ah think thir wis a on page 46
wis sayin, ma brithers niver talked aboot whit happened durin the on page 47

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Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
hirties an the first thing we talked aboot wis Hygiene, an the Eig
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
We'r lang accustomed tae bein talked richt ower, weel-acquentit wi
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Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
tter man for ye. Ah wish we'd talked mair tae wan an' ither. Ah wi
Besides - if ye'd talked tae me aboot it afore, things
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Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
It wis true. Bettie talked a lot o shite, but wan hing s
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
te. Same difference. He never talked aboot it, wis still the same
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McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
the Jacobite cause. We aw’ talked aboot daein’ somethin’ ta
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Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
Oor Wullie. Ah mean. We niver talked politics when we wis lads in
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Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ye juist talked... normal.
the wey fowk aboot me talked
thit actual talked
they talked.
they talked.
7 matches

McClurg, Fernando Indytwa?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ireckly. It haesna, publicly, talked aboot failures o the Indyref
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
an me, i the glorious sun. We talked aboot pensions, war, the roya
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
deserves, his preachin skill talked aboot, his sermons read an an

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
e be seen, tae be spied on an talked aboot. Much mair dangerous fu

Facebook link ( 2020) Central
uried in the toun kirkyard an talked aboot as the Wigtoun Martyrs.

@g_hibby tweeted
and buy a hat.. ??.. Ah sweet talked her roond though.. ?? (2023) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
tae see hou Ah'm daein, an Ah talked his lug aff fer an oor, acaus(2020) search twitter

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
We talked until twa on page 104

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
Her name wis never talked o
Her name wis never talked o,
2 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
eenFC Brown would nae hiv bin talked tae fur at.(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
lady boy! She looked, walked, talked & kissed like a lady bit it w(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Talked the erse-end aff a donkey ~ a on page 84

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
ges. Shaetlan is wint wi bein talked aboot as jüst "dialect", an on page 12

1 matches

Southern

@officialAliRed tweeted
a mither’s auld schuils). We talked about #Hawick’s motte and th(2019) search twitter