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The word 'tax'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
taxOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus247733
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 52.3 16 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 35.6 3 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 23 9 4
WCE - West Central 46 10 5
DUN - Dundee 127.4 12 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 20 15 12
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 83.4 6 2
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 tax in Corpus

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
r body wis a man dat gaddered tax - a queer craetir dat naebod on page 129
d aa his siller be layin mair tax on da fock dan he shood've dà on page 131

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
the hoose some gey cyaards - tax gaitherers an sic lik - were on page 17
ick att e hale warl shuld pey tax. Iss wis fan Quirinius wis Go on page 81
att cam tae be baptised were tax mannies, an they speirt at hi on page 84
t he gaed awa oot an he saw a tax-mannie, ca'ed Levi, sittin at on page 88
heard him, aa e fowk, aiven e tax mannies, praised God an teuk on page 91
Also on pages 92, 106, 110, 111
14 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
A bittie aff wir Cooncil Tax, An nae anither rise! on page 34

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
that he'd hae tae pye Cooncil Tax fur Myra an mair unless he go
1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
st a few weeks past the sugar tax cam intae play. There’s bee
ae be smokers. If onything, a tax on sugary products will only
it. The idea ahint the sugar tax is nae a bad ane, but thereâ€
3 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
New Age Travellers, Anti Poll tax, Right tae Party....Nae sayin (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
ot It's when abody does their tax returns. ?? #otherpriorities(2020)

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
"Two quid. Tax paid." on page 37

1 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
ns tae Snobworts, brekkin the tax laws tae mak a midden o sille
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
They had been at Poll Tax Hoose tae pey her auntie’s
ae pey her auntie’s council tax when it had been sooked up by
up by a muckle tornado. Poll Tax Hoose eventually landit wi a
3 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
orth the xtra oan the cooncil tax defo lol (2020) twitter link
that mean its time tae splash tax payers cash again - raise ur (2020) twitter link
turgeon if she scraps council tax - even a staunch labour man (2021) twitter link
ps a dinnae tax n insure ma motor tae run abo (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
yani', fresh frae the creel! (Tax-payers coont the cost!) on page 212
t Sawney's money, Fir his new tax-plan! on page 213

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ol they'll pu wi some stealth tax, on page 42
This verse the day won't tax yer brains, on page 43
examples ah could gie ye wid tax e'en on page 103

3 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
yer listeners. This attention-tax on the uise o Scots has lang
1 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
blic, but naw tae the cooncil tax freeze.
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
lt lik’ freedom fer me. The tax payer. The man in the street.
1 matches

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
pendin gaed richt up, a walth tax wis brocht in. For the first
o Lunnon, whilk wad devastate tax revenues an the balance o tre
2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
the rape clause, the bedroom tax, Trident, airms-sales tae des on page 12
sed the imposition o the Poll Tax in Scotland a year afor, Engl on page 18
ce than Brexit Britain, a low-tax, low-pey haven fer dirty mone on page 51
e. The plan is fer a low-pey, tax-haven economy leevin aff bein on page 56
er Scotland tae be a low-pay, tax haven fer the rich whaur work on page 81
Also on pages 102, 112, 133, 148
12 matches

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
'The windae tax, is it no? George paintit the on page 8

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
tired reminder ae why cooncil tax is yin ae the biggest rackets
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Aiblins he culd rest aisie an tax the hairst. Bit the Vikings w on page 14

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ike it... There'll be anither tax at the hinner-en o it, believ on page 17

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
s the wey government wis run, tax burdens, an the shortfaw o th on page 110

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
as bills, bairns' claes, poll tax, the list wis enless. Bit the on page 16

1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
in Scots an fullin oot thair tax furms in it, no juist readin
1 matches

Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
e on topics sic as frackin an tax-joukin.
1 matches

Widmann, Thomas The State o Denmark, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
tiallie it wis fecklie a anti-tax pairtie, but it suin stairtit
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ent the vote agin the bedroom tax an has a lang history o coont
1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
ut US takin money fae English tax payers!!!!! That's why they p (2022) twitter link
nnae mind payin they levels o tax, fir their WAGES are o a dece (2022) twitter link

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ly be the ONLY openly racist, tax dodging, misogynistic sex off(2020)
a years tae pay aff a cooncil tax bill and this gobshite gets a(2020)
@afneil Mair tax payers money siphoned aff tae(2020)

@rattlecans tweeted
"Votes for those who pay X in tax, min but no those who pay bel (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
tarted trying tae contact the Tax Office... ?? (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
She'll no yaise her tenure as tax-fundit holiday, she'll campai on page 77

2 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
Balkans waeoot payin sumbdy a tax. A city tax here, a station t
. A city tax here, a station tax there, a backhauner for help,
2 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
a luggage in the hold, the ‘tax’ fur the driver tae check m
1 matches

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