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Use in varieties of Scots

tempted Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.7 5 8.9 9.9 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences1910 6 1 2 0 0
Number of authors18 10 5 1 2

Occurrences of tempted in Corpus

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Central

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
en, but I'm gey shuir she wis tempted whiles! Baith her an ma dad r on page 23

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Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
in they days Ah wad hae been tempted tae hae ma guidmither cried a on page 14

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
o this wee bairn wid huv been tempted tae cause a carfuffle and exc on page 12

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
wis screamin sae much, I wis tempted tae throw him back in. on page 70

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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Is tempted tae rebel.
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Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
how I lost him, coz I'd been tempted tae walk in the field. I wis
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
e an the bailie spiert, "Whit tempted ye tae dae sic a thing wumman
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grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
Ah’m almaist tempted to let him finish himsel’ o
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McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
aff thum, so's they widnae be tempted tae eat too much rabbit wanst
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@DABArbuckle tweeted
@Adam_SH69 Tempted tae say "telt ye"(2020) search twitter

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
h wiz noarmal. Ah wiz soarely tempted, but Ah resisted eez advances on page 40

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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
got mair desperate Lizzie wiz tempted tae let her neebour in for th
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
aczyk Fit like Quine! I'm noo tempted to ging oot on I trumpoline e(2020) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
games had with the Dons. I’m tempted tae think, like many in engla (2021) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Help ma boab, must hiv tempted fate as nae Lang efter the la(2017) search twitter
ff that the day but am easily tempted wee seeing that noo(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Fur a meenit or twa, I wis tempted bit the chemistry cheust wisn on page 43

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Shetland

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
ried tae grab da lavish ring, tempted joost tae rip it aff da rotte
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@tattooedselkie tweeted
So tempted juist tae bide in bed da day.(2021) search twitter

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