A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

ta'en Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.1 13.6 6 0 5.8 41.3 0
Number of occurrences3627 4 0 1 4 0
Number of authors11 6 2 1 2

Occurrences of ta'en in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
had smiled at her jest an wis ta'en wi her honesty an smeddum. Je on page 26
t followed; an mony mair were ta'en, sentenced, an hung at the Gr on page 27
ir furst bairn, wee James wis ta'en awa intae the airms o Jesus a on page 28
ill he wis foully betrayed an ta'en at Colmonell .. . In seiventy on page 30
trathaven roaqd, They wad hae ta'en his pownie as weel, but when on page 34
Also on pages 35, 39, 41, 43, 45, 60, 64, 67, 74, 75, 79
18 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
drap o' spirits, ocht usually ta'en in a wee cup o' tea, on page 11
t wummin or no she wad no hae ta'en her haund aff ma jaw. on page 20
ned afore, a man they say wis ta'en fae Pittenweem tae be the pil on page 21

3 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
sorts, but her attention wis ta'en up wi Davie. on page 92

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
an hae ta'en ti Bothwell's bed. on page 17
Ta'en up wi hope an fear. on page 35

2 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
Ma maw musta ta'en r'ur two oot fur ri day, urwi
1 matches

Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
r than lik a lamb an sae it's ta'en a whilie fer me tae get ma he
oan culture... fer noo ah've ta'en a wee creative daunder in poe
2 matches

Doric

Wood, Evelyn Tales Fae The Doric Side - Carlo, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Italy. Daily use an wear hid ta'en their toll and noo were back on page 29

2 matches

Hardie, Buff Dod 'n' Bunty, (Evening Express 2000) Doric, newspaper
telt me tae get a new photie ta'en tae stick on my new card.
me tae ging an' get my photie ta'en at een o thae booths far ye p
2 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
ta'en aff da banks o Vaila. on page 60

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
An insult now, some tree's ta'en root on page 22
Ta'en by Burke and Hare on page 41
Although it' ta'en gie near twae year on page 57

3 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Th ither guests hae ta'en advantage o th Queen's absenc on page 91

1 matches

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