A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'tat'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tatOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.82614
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B 111.9 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 1
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 2
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)
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 tat in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
man lines followed by the rat tat tat o machine guns jist letti
tat o machine guns jist lettin ri
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Katie hid gotten a new ferlie tat play wi frae the shoppie at t
stappit wi aathin frae salmon tat dauds o biled ham. The twa mo
2 matches

Mid Northern B

Fowler, Ross Sunday Fitba wi ma Faither, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
. Rangers hid been beatin and tat wis a that mattered.
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
or there wis a terrible rat-a-tat-tattin as cannon shells raked on page 41

1 matches

General Northern

@beast_afc tweeted
ttin a bit emosh. Micht get a tat. #standfree(2020)

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
a lips war parched. The rat-a-tat o gunfire ahint us kept us me
1 matches

(South) East Central

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
'd hear "By Ilkley moor ba'ht Tat" on the radio an be a wee bit
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
look at cumnocks statement n tat will give you plenty clues - (2020) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
Scottish Sovranty goin is no tat be dootit. on page 44
. An whair is the maist o sic tat made? China, whaur the monied on page 91

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ar the Ballo Glack an tit for tat, he wis gien some o their ain on page 31

1 matches

Edinburgh

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
dy callin ma drawins 'tourist tat'. Ye'd be richt in thinkin th
t tae hert. Ah ken they're no tat. Yet mind the idea, tho. Ye'v
ead tins or the like. 'Tartan tat.' Ah ken ah've said the like
3 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
She draws a biro tat on wan roch glute on page 68

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"Ah, tat, tat, baira!" said the Duchess. "A on page 44

2 matches

General Central

Robson, Frances Lallans 82 - The Locomotive, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Rat-a-tat, rat-a-tat, rat-a-tat tappin, on page 30

6 matches

McLeish, Alistair Lallans 102 - Eco Cheil, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
I skelpt his jaw for browsn tat on page 40

1 matches

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