A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

tailed Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 2.1 4.5 0 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences104 3 0 2 0 1
Number of authors8 4 2 1 1

Occurrences of tailed in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
White Tailed Eagles pisht an thrawn on page 71

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
'er shed a tear, Fir the pony-tailed menace! on page 43

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
It wis just lyin there so ah tailed it.’ he sais.
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
s hud been at the meetin high tailed it tae the Lanark garrison an

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
like Jeannie..." Betty's vyce tailed awa es the memory o er dear d on page 79

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
layer, yer phone..." His vyce tailed awa, "Far is yer mobile?" on page 51

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
in the heather, although this tailed aff a bit as it became clear
1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ry handsome male calloo (long-tailed duck). Dey mak winter in Shet(2015) search twitter
peerie lass discovered a buff-tailed today here in Shetland ??(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"He's bin interferin..." She tailed aff an leukt away, houlin the on page 5

1 matches

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