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Use in varieties of Scots

maak Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 0 15.1 19.9 17.4 0 26.6
Number of occurrences210 10 2 3 0 6
Number of authors6 1 2 2 1

Occurrences of maak 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

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
a say's, "Danny, a theink aul maak soop. "Fit wee, yea neep? "We on page 31
ten oot ower thi big pot. Tae maak maitter's wurse thi smell a b on page 32
so we beyd wer tyme jist tae maak shoor wurk. "Go! Go! Go!" a r on page 33
ttery an a indicater unit tae maak thim flash, bit aat didna scc on page 34
n we got air, bit a cood jist maak oot, twa or thn big braaken w on page 56

10 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ift thee aff that sofa till I maak her up a bed. on page 51

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
I thowt then I'd better maak mesell scarce! I geed and hid on page 129

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
oobled-up, as in waar /wa:r/, maak /ma:k/, taak /ta:k/. Lang or on page 32
nny, can you lairn me hoo tae maak? on page 106

2 matches

Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
eves little choice. “A’ll maak dee a gansey tae keep dee waa
1 matches

Ulster

Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
A think maesel hard times maak ye gled o’ what ye hae an,
ae help tha needy for it wull maak ye feel betther in yersel -
2 matches

Reynolds, Charlie An Appeal frae tha hairt, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
s in tha lake o Bilfawst, tha maak up o these boords made up o w
tae thaur heids that they kan maak a jab o tha Ullans withoot th
ative speakers they ir gantae maak a hale hash oot o oor moather
reens an Ullans lovers dinnae maak an affront oot a tongue yese
4 matches

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