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Use in varieties of Scots

task Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.2 21.7 4.5 49.7 11.6 20.7 17.7
Number of occurrences5943 3 5 2 2 4
Number of authors38 26 2 4 2 2 3

Occurrences of task in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
detective wark and her first task wis tae bake a cake. This wis on page 69

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
last forenuin ilka weel-kent task seemed gey dear tae him. Anas on page 34

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
Mary Slessor Takes St Paul to Task on page 66
n they fund me greetin at the task, on page 90

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
hid Bi the Deil's contractit task: on page 13

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
v, its hard tae focus oan the task at hand. Jist pickin yin winn on page 30
she wis still focused oan her task at the blackboard. His commen on page 194

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
walkin stick. She timed this task richt cannily, applyin the gl on page 24

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
A task that eh wid rather no dae, on page 35

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
shoutit an went back tae his task. on page 78
heer courage tae tak on sic a task. They made a pynt o turnin up on page 86

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
'The task, the faith, the wark, the tru on page 57
judges an lawyers taen us tae task. on page 64
Wis thirlt tae the task bi some crabbit gods, on page 151

3 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ge was not appropriate to the task, which is why it has been mar on page 45

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
When I tellt him ma task and gied him ma spiel on page 123

1 matches

Goodbrand Saunders, Donald Lallans 67 - Twa Owresettins frae Heine, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Nae special task force, nae SAS, on page 55

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Fir at thon task, they scunner. on page 9

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
rnin oot tae be a much bigger task than we haed anticipatit, nae on page 16

2 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
dooble task.
1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
sometimes. Essential tae the task Ah’d say. Aat efterneen Ah
1 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
lists, an pairt-takkers - oor task (gin we hiv yin) is tae mak s
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
im tae, wis an insurmountable task fur McDade. Nae danger.
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
thoroughly warmed up tae his task. “There wis claithes lyinâ€
d paddler an’ wis given the task o’ leadin’ the group doon
2 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
urer set the guys a practical task, while he spread oot the pape
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ers bein weel adaptit tae the task. Suin the’ war five stowps
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
thristledown, the impossible task completit - aa bit yae sleev
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
on an get oan wae the overdue task at haun – cuttin this blood
1 matches

Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
w ken Labour arena up tae the task o bein a decent opposition, a
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
nsteid, they've setten up twa task-forces an were noo blithe tae
the tae rejeck e'en thair ain task-force reports. He said that t
2 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
ng Memorial Association) They task themsels wi keepin folk infor

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
oply o airtists. His specific task wis tae gie expression tae an
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
the Leith Nation is nae easy task, though, eh? but ah’m gonna
e livin. Which is a thankless task considerin his current condit
2 matches

@RickHJohnston tweeted
representatives were taen tae task because of their Scotch speec (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
Task for the weans in yer class th (2018) twitter link
er lairners - a wee homework task thinkin aboot faimily traditi (2017) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
cotland certainly not an easy task - but good luck guys (2020) twitter link
e final decision cannae multi task cos the super league thingy h (2021) twitter link

Doric

Uri, Antonia North East filmmakker feart for the futur o Doric, (Doric Future 2019) Doric, blog
ar. Then, she will tak on the task o creatin films aboot ither l
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
k's social subjects hame lear task. "I am a young loon fae Foggi (2021) twitter link
quine's response tae lockdoon task - treasure hunt wi list o Sc (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
as ever, squared aap tae the task, on page 70

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
phew wis the best man fur the task. on page 7
He'll turn his hand tae any task - on page 38

2 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
enormity o daein this simple task, on page 109

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Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
metter. This is a gaethereen task. Wir shaan that wir pretty gu

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Da hidmost task is tae touch up da photos on page 84

1 matches

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ad of sweet treats, a mammoth task as every child expects someth
1 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
An Nicola's task is no nae cinch, on page 213

1 matches

The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
hae take oan sic an important task when signing up for military
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ur she cud, leavin Maisie the task o cleanin ruims that wur nive on page 48

1 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Boat-holes hae gien up thair task in on page 25

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Sartin cities tuk tae task on page 9

2 matches

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