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Use in varieties of Scots

uptak Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.5 6.4 3.2 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1412 2 0 0 0 0
Number of authors10 9 1

Occurrences of uptak in Corpus

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Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
, ye'v ne'er been gleg in the uptak, e'en at the best o times, wh on page 32

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
'Deed I wisna gleg at the uptak! I needit tae juidge her mair on page 33

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
, the scuil Heidie thocht his uptak an smeddum near ten, sae he w on page 21

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ten Scots wis faur easier tae uptak an mind athoot raxin doun a S on page 57

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
traisur yit ti be upliftit. A uptak ma penn eir o grace 17__ an g on page 3

1 matches

Crawford, Ross Eemis Stane 1 - Ane Dialog betwix King James VI, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, script
he sense tae set it asyde and uptak wae Scots insteid? It gey vex on page 11

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
oot a smitch o glegness i the uptak. on page 19

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
.” Hutton an Playfair's new uptak o geologic time wad come tae
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
that, my loesome deems, I can uptak.
Ye coudna jist uptak the kittle speil
Ye dae uptak it – nou, is that weel dich
3 matches

Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
cause thay hae sic a fash tae uptak Brown’s Ayrshire Scots. Bro
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
lpit Nava tae bi quick in the uptak o the local spikk. Faith! In
nie, Brian, fa wis gleg i the uptak wi baith lugs. Jude gied him
2 matches

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