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The word 'taxes'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
taxesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.22416
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 95.6 9 2
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 taxes in Corpus

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
r med up his mind ta lay mair taxes apo da fock. So aabody hed ta on page 79

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

@JamesAmcvean tweeted
Gas industry and I wanted my taxes to help the people of Scotlan(2021)

Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
an Mains the Loon hid tae pey taxes, so the hoose wis selt. Wulli on page 84

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
Div ye think we shuld pey wir taxes tae Caesar or nae?" Bit he sa on page 114

1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
tion arna pit aff bi the high taxes an continue tae pey the compa
1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
rn. Live here, work here, pay taxes...you will have the right tae (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
as they wur telt. Peyed their taxes and obeyed the laws. Rules wh on page 90

1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
n volunteer tae try collectin taxes in Accompong: ye’d bolt doo
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
tae tell his tale like in Hot Taxes and Cold Hearts. In ithers, t
1 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
h a platform o nae compulsory taxes, nae gun control, an aw the u
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e siller is governments, thru taxes. It's them that underpin the on page 37
nies that growe fat on public taxes, an gettin extra fae the fack on page 54
ment meenisters, peyit wi yer taxes, tae get up an simply deny re on page 56
hae tae pey rates an business taxes, but employ fowk. Nane o this on page 90
vernance. Eftir aw, we aw pey taxes, an the norie o uisein public on page 94
Also on pages 113, 121, 126
8 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
ti administer or collect thir taxes, on page 42

1 matches

Glasgow

Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
in aboot pittin up awbody’s taxes for tae (mebbe) leuk awricht
1 matches

General Central

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
te her, wecht her doun wi new taxes, an threiten her Presbyterian
e maun haud your tongue about taxes till ance ye quat texin’ yo
2 matches

@RickHJohnston tweeted
. And let's STOP PAYING SCOTS TAXES TO LONDON. Only with #Scottis (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
is certain except death, and taxes.
1 matches

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