A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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tax Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words24.6 27.1 33.6 0 11.6 21.9 0
Number of occurrences7651 21 0 2 2 0
Number of authors32 25 6 1 1

Occurrences of tax 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
She'll no yaise her tenure as tax-fundit holiday, she'll campai on page 77

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
the rape clause, the bedroom tax, Trident, airms-sales tae des on page 12
sed the imposition o the Poll Tax in Scotland a year afor, Engl on page 18
ce than Brexit Britain, a low-tax, low-pey haven fer dirty mone on page 51
e. The plan is fer a low-pey, tax-haven economy leevin aff bein on page 56
er Scotland tae be a low-pay, tax haven fer the rich whaur work on page 81
Also on pages 102, 112, 133, 148
12 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ol they'll pu wi some stealth tax, on page 42
This verse the day won't tax yer brains, on page 43
examples ah could gie ye wid tax e'en on page 103

3 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
"Two quid. Tax paid." on page 37

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ike it... There'll be anither tax at the hinner-en o it, believ on page 17

1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
'The windae tax, is it no? George paintit the on page 8

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
s the wey government wis run, tax burdens, an the shortfaw o th on page 110

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
as bills, bairns' claes, poll tax, the list wis enless. Bit the on page 16

1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
in Scots an fullin oot thair tax furms in it, no juist readin
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
Balkans waeoot payin sumbdy a tax. A city tax here, a station t
. A city tax here, a station tax there, a backhauner for help,
2 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
a luggage in the hold, the ‘tax’ fur the driver tae check m
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
yer listeners. This attention-tax on the uise o Scots has lang
1 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
blic, but naw tae the cooncil tax freeze.
1 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
ns tae Snobworts, brekkin the tax laws tae mak a midden o sille
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
They had been at Poll Tax Hoose tae pey her auntie’s
ae pey her auntie’s council tax when it had been sooked up by
up by a muckle tornado. Poll Tax Hoose eventually landit wi a
3 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
lt lik’ freedom fer me. The tax payer. The man in the street.
1 matches

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
pendin gaed richt up, a walth tax wis brocht in. For the first
o Lunnon, whilk wad devastate tax revenues an the balance o tre
2 matches

Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
e on topics sic as frackin an tax-joukin.
1 matches

Widmann, Thomas The State o Denmark, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
tiallie it wis fecklie a anti-tax pairtie, but it suin stairtit
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ent the vote agin the bedroom tax an has a lang history o coont
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
tired reminder ae why cooncil tax is yin ae the biggest rackets
1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
ut US takin money fae English tax payers!!!!! That's why they p (2022) twitter link
nnae mind payin they levels o tax, fir their WAGES are o a dece (2022) twitter link

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ly be the ONLY openly racist, tax dodging, misogynistic sex off(2020) search twitter
a years tae pay aff a cooncil tax bill and this gobshite gets a(2020) search twitter
@afneil Mair tax payers money siphoned aff tae(2020) search twitter

@rattlecans tweeted
"Votes for those who pay X in tax, min but no those who pay bel (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
tarted trying tae contact the Tax Office... ?? (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
orth the xtra oan the cooncil tax defo lol (2020) twitter link
that mean its time tae splash tax payers cash again - raise ur (2020) twitter link
turgeon if she scraps council tax - even a staunch labour man (2021) twitter link
ps a dinnae tax n insure ma motor tae run abo (2020) twitter link

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
the hoose some gey cyaards - tax gaitherers an sic lik - were on page 17
ick att e hale warl shuld pey tax. Iss wis fan Quirinius wis Go on page 81
att cam tae be baptised were tax mannies, an they speirt at hi on page 84
t he gaed awa oot an he saw a tax-mannie, ca'ed Levi, sittin at on page 88
heard him, aa e fowk, aiven e tax mannies, praised God an teuk on page 91
Also on pages 92, 106, 110, 111
14 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
A bittie aff wir Cooncil Tax, An nae anither rise! on page 34

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
that he'd hae tae pye Cooncil Tax fur Myra an mair unless he go
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
st a few weeks past the sugar tax cam intae play. There’s bee
ae be smokers. If onything, a tax on sugary products will only
it. The idea ahint the sugar tax is nae a bad ane, but thereâ€
3 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
New Age Travellers, Anti Poll tax, Right tae Party....Nae sayin (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
ot It's when abody does their tax returns. ?? #otherpriorities(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
r body wis a man dat gaddered tax - a queer craetir dat naebod on page 129
d aa his siller be layin mair tax on da fock dan he shood've dà on page 131

2 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
yani', fresh frae the creel! (Tax-payers coont the cost!) on page 212
t Sawney's money, Fir his new tax-plan! on page 213

2 matches

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