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The word 'tasks'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tasksOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.21410
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 58.1 1 1
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 tasks in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Carried out tasks for H.M. Government until sto
1 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 63 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
no shair. I think o the monie tasks the makar took on while in my
1 matches

General Northern

@cligeey tweeted
king efter that was one o the tasks #Aberdeenshire https://t.co/U(2020)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
e. He thinks up these glaikit tasks hopin ah'll get malkied while on page 16

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Aa they tasks bring their burden tae the ba on page 16

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
levated fae their book-keepin tasks tae some sort o priesthood in on page 95

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ustit w; aw kinds o sensitive tasks fer his boss. In the fall o t on page 34

1 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Aa thae tasks bring their burden tae the ba
1 matches

General Central

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
ew and I was needed for other tasks. I was glad tae fetch watter on page 3

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Ti your tasks! Your tasks! on page 16

2 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
entertainment or even simple tasks sic as getting the messages o
n strauchle at times wi daily tasks. Hooanever, thay conveniences
2 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Tasks oo life they nir seem lighter on page 30

1 matches

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