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Use in varieties of Scots

tackle Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 3.7 32 9.9 0 21.9 0
Number of occurrences307 20 1 0 2 0
Number of authors15 6 6 1 2

Occurrences of tackle in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ethin aboot the necessity tae tackle poverty an problems o nationa on page 111

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
, said ma gran, But he'd some tackle on him an ah'm no talkin aboo on page 169

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
wha goat his tackle (baws an prick an aa) chappit on page 112

1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ction of wurds he intended to tackle the most intricate aspects of
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
” he sayed. “Whit’ll we tackle first?”
e wints tae mak siccar he can tackle the pass. It wis Derriakin th
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ding they wear n ask them tae tackle n run into each other - they (2021) twitter link

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
t a pair o Marigolds. Then ah tackle the dishes. Stack them on the on page 44

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Hardie Tackle wis haein a look at a bill th
happenin. Hardie Tackle wis team manager fin the Pits
titles on the trot. Hardie Tackle hid naething tae dee wi the p
First thing at Hardie Tackle noticed wis at Pitsliga playe
wi him?" A lad informs Hardie Tackle. "Jake his
7 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Hardie Tackle wis rubbin his hands wi glee,
level. Hardie Tackle coodnae understand fit wye so
Och that wis a'a that Hardie Tackle cood tak. "Michty" he said oo
him up the backside." Hardie Tackle
e sportmanship fit is? Hardie Tackle says. "I hope he is
7 matches

Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
here’s nae juist ae wey tae tackle it, especially fan it’s cau
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
ll that 11 is good enough tae tackle Hamilton if the attitude, app (2020) twitter link
how exactly was Jack gan tae tackle this? (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
din or jumping ability, canae tackle, mark or cross. Total luxury (2020) search twitter

@daleser23 tweeted
boy fae wigan got off we that tackle. #whatthefuck(2013) search twitter

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
is fecksome an rich enof tae tackle ony subjeck ye fancy.
1 matches

Southern

@officialAliRed tweeted
English in good order afore I tackle the classics!(2020) search twitter

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
6’3”) used to be a man, dae tackle a proper women (5’3”). If s(2020) search twitter