A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'tae-'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tae-Occurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.897
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 2
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of tae- in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
dot-tae-dot fate. I sank intae an epic on page 26

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
A Mad Tae-Pairty on page 68
a forest. "Hit's da stupidest tae-pairty I ever wis at in aa my on page 76
da Hat-makker. He cam in wi a tae-cup in ee haand an a piece o c on page 112
e shook, "--an I wisna hed me tae-no for mair as a week or sae-a on page 113
a poor Hat-makker slippit his tae-cup an his clined bread, an gu on page 114
Also on pages 125
7 matches

Sinclair, Lise Juist laek Maunna, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
Tae-laeves, tikk an sturkened wi s
1 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
e wye fae da wark joost afore tae-time. Mam windered if I wid li

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
hid born the brunt o the seen-tae-be-Hogmanay cleanin yestreen,
wn, and his mither still weel-tae-seen, the grieve wis wytin his
2 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
ally awaur he wis, fan a weel-tae-dae loun askit him, “Hullo J
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
n unthinkable, makkin the day-tae-day lives o mony a gey lot eas
1 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
nstructit oot o a kinds o day-tae-day rubbish an a few mair ambi
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
the maist bonnie an conducive-tae-life airt they could find in t
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
opones The Sneck, a mair true-tae-modren speech version that rem
1 matches

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
Ah kin tae-us that micht look geiy funny on page 32

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
will screive a gaitherin o up-tae-the-meinit cuttie stories that
1 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
t we'd suiner set wi the weel-tae-dae o bonnie Barcelona than th
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Feydom, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
(backies oot, nae tae-bashers)
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
preferrit is ane-tae-ane. Ye get twa options an tha on page 31
jobs tae little mair nor hand-tae-mooth lives. on page 90

2 matches

Edinburgh

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
thaim that yaises Cornish day-tae-day is like tae be a guid sich on page 107

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
cle jynin the neist lik a dot-tae-dot puzzle in a bairn’s beuk
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
at the scene ahint the flair-tae-ceilin screens o anither muckl
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
me, an---och, this 1s aw back-tae-front! Ah'll see if ah still k on page 19
moose? Everythin's that back-tae-front doon here, ye'd hink it' on page 21
member hings the wey ah used tae-an ah cannae even stey the sam on page 45
letter, wrote bi the prisoner tae-tae somedy." on page 117

4 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
this is just before the five-tae-nine bell and at the mornin in on page 44

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
ces. Derek kent. That wiz ten-tae-nine an three miles doon tae L
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
combinations an bespoke, made-tae-measure units an drawers intae
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
s! That will be a richt queer tae-dae, tae be shuir! But aathing on page 20
ry again: they had a wee heid-tae-heid talk aboot this, an efter on page 24
icht: then it kecklt. "Whit a tae-dae!" said the Gryphon, hauf t on page 44

9 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
' and yin o the 'S's wis back-tae-front, the spellin wis richt a on page 6

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
* Formal tae-the-pynt langage on page 9
hat means that the'r no a ane-tae-ane correspondence atween the on page 62

3 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
ween-oorsels-and-dinna-let-on-tae-naebody, it's Cauld.' on page 10
, an Och-Rabbit-Iam-that-gled-tae-see ye Teeger. That's hoo.' on page 104

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
aboot how ye've pit the auld tae-bash tae me and ma evil ploys. on page 99

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ation process began wi a face-tae-face interview wi a representa on page 35
casts me a you-better-listen-tae-me smile and leaves. Ah cannae on page 84
rce a smile stretchin fae ear-tae-ear. on page 86

3 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
frae the maist aureate o back-tae-Dunbar Lallans tae gallus Gles on page 109

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ially gin they were in kittle-tae-read manuscript form. on page 14

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Cain, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
He wes up-tae-date, kind, on page 73

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
man, tho, wha stauns shouther-tae-shouther wi aa the greats o th on page 134

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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
depends on findin eneuch ane-tae-ane corresponds atween Scots a
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
wth; mair success in the food-tae-go mercat, daein up 132 stores
1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
gee, her skirt wis roond back-tae-front, an her shae-laces were
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
me cairdin o Cecco wins him a tae-haud in the letter-huird o Ita
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Indytwa?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
at raelly dae affeck fowk dae-tae-day. Hoo confident are thae fo
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
kintras; say, sum generic-an-tae-Wastren-een-interchangeable ki
1 matches

Ahmad, Nyla How We Celebrate – scrievin prompt, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
Yer piece could be a tae-dae list o things ye dae in th
1 matches

Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
s anent Scots, it provides up-tae-the-meenit news o current main
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ae about her, a close an weel-tae-dae faimily for support - an
1 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
Here Jim Smith, a richt doon-tae-yirth fairmer chiel, hiz whit (2018)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
etter, written b' th prisoner tae-tae somebody." on page 118

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
toons shairly bairn so's haun-tae-mooth's lang syne an aw hae fa on page 77

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
e mine things the wye A use't tae-an A dinnae stye the same size on page 45

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