A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

taakin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words34.9 0 4.8 9.9 0 0 459.8
Number of occurrences1080 3 1 0 0 104
Number of authors10 2 1 7

Occurrences of taakin 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

Hutchison, Pat Sanners Gow's Tales and Folklore of the Buchan - The Clootie Dummmplin!, (Ayton Publishing 2017 ISBN: 978-1910601419) Doric - Banffshire, prose
sark bein ruined. Ackers wiz taakin aa this in an kittlin Jocky u
yin she grabbit it fae him an taakin a pair o shears fae her aapro
2 matches

Shearer, Gillian Skitin Oan Thin Ice, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2019) Doric - Alford, prose
ae leg thrust back lik a craa taakin flight. Ruaraidh cuid nae bel
1 matches

Orkney

Peace, Courtney The 'Guid' Life, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Taakin the rookle oot tae the midden
1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Or buy a taakin burd. on page 43

1 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
brocht up in the Ulster Scots taakin airts. on page vi
g but thur wus nae picturs or taakin in it, "an," thocht Alice, "w on page 7
e tae dae, sae Alice stairtet taakin tae hirsel agane. "Dinah wull on page 10
Aw dear, what foolery A'm taakin!" on page 17
hirsel the hale time shae wus taakin. "Agh dear! Iloo odd iverythi on page 19
Also on pages 20, 25, 30, 31, 36, 38, 43, 45, 51, 52, 53, 57, 59, 67, 69, 79, 84, 86, 109
30 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
n tha Laa? © A tell ye, we'r taakin aboot sumthin mair impoartin on page 9
ïdnae unnèrstan whut he wus taakin aboot. Jesus went bak doon ta on page 73
a boat. Noo whan he haed daen taakin tae tha fowk, he toul Simon, on page 77
Laa an tha Pharisees stairtit taakin amang thairsels. on page 78
Whan Jesus haed daen taakin tae tha fowk, he gaad ïntae on page 80
Also on pages 86, 90, 91, 92, 99, 105, 108, 111, 112
28 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
Mellin atween curns taakin a kintrie-pairt or unnèr-doc on page 14
(f) Hize wittin o tha guid o taakin mair nor tha yin leid. on page 42
hures tae gie a lïft til tha taakin o Ulstèr-Scotch ben tha hoos on page 43

5 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
rofessional mediation process taakin in the key fowk i n Ulster-Sc on page 7
o' music an' sang recordins, taakin in on page 10
cutive fer the settin' ap an' taakin oan o' an' Ulster-Scots/ on page 11
ured, evaluated an publicised taakin in the on page 12
omic potential o' the revival taakin in diaspora tourism an' the p on page 21
Also on pages 23, 29, 32, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 43, 44, 48, 49, 53, 55, 57, 58, 59, 61, 63, 64, 65, 72
33 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Fechtin solves naethin, it's taakin that coonts. on page 32

1 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
Aye - Am taakin aboot tha time tha weans deev
1 matches

Reynolds, Charlie An Appeal frae tha hairt, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
ne intae a fit o thraaness an taakin a noshun intae thaur heids th
1 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Tha demise o oor ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
t wull shane jest bae a wye o taakin jest h'ard behin closed doars
, thaur is a hale rake o yins taakin aboot tha Ullans/Ulster Scots
2 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Tak pride in yer ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2009) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
a schuil ye wur toul tae quet taakin in yer ain tongue. Becaase o
e naw spake it mair instead o taakin aboot it, ir indeed why dae w
2 matches

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