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Use in varieties of Scots

tac Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9 11.7 8 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2822 5 0 1 0 0
Number of authors12 7 4 1

Occurrences of tac in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Well, back tac the gemme, then," the Queen s on page 91

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
hous, an hae hardly ony toys tac play wi, an och, ower mony le on page 19
screivit by the prisoner tae-tac somebody." on page 44

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
e king's pleisure, I wis left tac sot in a solitary cell on the on page 31
ae Wellwood. He dived smertly tac the grun ahint a clump o rash on page 51
awa intae the hills an himsel tac win back hame tae Nance's cot on page 52
hours o licht an the gloamin tac sce the job dune... for I dou on page 53
rd gaed furrit wi a firm step tac the heid o the grave an raise on page 54
Also on pages 55
8 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
etional puzzle gemmes lik tic-tac-toe tae swith graphical gemme on page 54

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
r. So it wis that he cam back tac the ithers at the table they' on page 76

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
how's about it sexy, he said tac Yvonne on the way ootac on page 169

5 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ke flags in battle playin tic-tac-toe. on page 121

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
etional puzzle gemmes lik tic-tac-toe tae swith graphical gemme on page 54

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
(http://bubl.ac.uk/org/tacit/tac) caws the crack anent haikin, on page 65

1 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
band and some ower yased blue tac'. There baith gonnae fa' apar(2021) search twitter

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
an e rowlers hannit him ower tac be condemned tae daith an foo on page 121

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
me tak ye doon cause I'm gan tac Raspberry Park on page 125
Yer gan tac tak i'plunge on page 165

2 matches

Hardie, Buff Dod 'n' Bunty, (Evening Express 2000) Doric, newspaper
rker on the TV? Weel, the tic-tac within the criminal fraternit
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
dna heed him. Back he flappit tac Hallierackit, fa scrattit his
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
pink carpet at you cood sink tac your ankles in, an da antique on page 47

1 matches

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