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Use in varieties of Scots

temptation Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.8 7.1 4.5 0 11.6 0 13.3
Number of occurrences2214 3 0 2 0 3
Number of authors14 9 3 1 1

Occurrences of temptation in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
e wid be sittin there, a sair temptation tae ony puggie gangin by, and on page 74

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
However faced with such temptation on page 37

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
her ah ken it must be Craigy. Temptation gits the better ae me though. on page 179

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
iss Honey couldnae resist the temptation tae reenge a bittie mair in t on page 69

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ntually he cuidnae resist the temptation o makkin even mair money and on page 33
they aw kennt o the terrible temptation o cannibalism an werenae goin on page 42

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
The temptation wis too much an the unicorn l on page 98

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
fur God tae lead him no intae temptation. Efter he retired, he funded on page 50
alled in, and ah resisted the temptation tae spend that time wi a fag on page 57
ghost account, ah resist the temptation. Stalkin the Clan can wait an on page 85

3 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
ege tae Fort William. Oh, the temptation tae desert! Then we were caâ€
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
willin tae betray him but the temptation must hae been strong wi 5,000

Facebook link ( 2017) Central
ve. That swung it. Ye see the temptation o easy money wis ower muckle

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Ah bow tae the temptation ae firin oan the laptop again
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ilky day fir ma salvation fae temptation an the sins o the flesh. on page 67

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
against the temptation on page 28

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
Jessie, near greetin, "pittin temptation in fowk's wye. Ah suppose thi on page 107

1 matches

Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
There is the temptation to render the dialect thought
hem on the page. And with the temptation to write for the sake of the
2 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
An dïnnae róad iz ïntae temptation, on page 6
¯s follaers, "Thair'll aye be temptation tae dae wrang, but dear halp on page 98
an pray, less ye gie ïn tae temptation!" on page 107

3 matches

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