A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

taes Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words34.2 34.8 42 9.9 58.1 31 0
Number of occurrences11169 28 1 10 3 0
Number of authors53 30 16 1 4 2

Occurrences of taes in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
epin thing on his fingirs and taes. The snaw on page 18

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Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
let the waves sweel ower her taes, but it was ower faur awa sae on page 3

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ts an brung bluid back tae ma taes. Help wis on haund, an for a on page 25

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
n frae. He slid oan hes tippy taes gowpin it the gaupin gesh oan on page 35

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
y nou an again staunin on her taes when they gaed ower on page 44

4 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
Ah'm ettlin tae bide aff her taes wi mah size ten shuin. Tho sh on page 27
pin an staunin oan ilk ithers taes tae it cam time tae see her h on page 32

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ir braw. Teeny wee fingurs an taes. Great big een. She watches e on page 1

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
mak yer taes tae het, cauld or wurse, muit on page 41
it keeps us oan wir taes on page 46

2 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
Lichtsome oan her taes on page 17
ye sense the jig, saft wi yer taes in the yird. Their sangs turn on page 23

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
oan me or git me tae touch ma taes. Ah check the telly. Echo Fal on page 39
class cunt wantin tae dip his taes intae oor world. on page 41
her, eh? cow's upped oan her taes and left me. And no even as m on page 59
le contact yae it's touch yur taes time. So, ah decided tae take on page 118

4 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
rk. She had tae staund on her taes and streetch up as high as sh on page 24
sie and pivotin trigly on her taes, snuvin roond and roond, and on page 108

2 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
t o fiddle tunes that set yer taes tappin; it micht be a sang th on page 56

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
got the frostbite an lost yer taes?' on page 44

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
his haill boady fae heid tae taes sterted tae kittle wi pleisur on page 95
d bubblin. By staundin on his taes, wee Chairlie could jist aboo on page 102
Cheese fae her taes, some auld lug wax, on page 114
'It'll mak his taes growe until they're as lang a on page 155

4 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
s knockt thegaithir he's 'Hen-taes'; gif his baundy legs on page 118
s, lang diveesions an gaes-in-taes. on page 128

2 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
xed aw the wey doon tae Kat's taes. Then it stertit tae sook. It on page 14

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
A guid big spoonfu (mind yer taes) on page 15
as if somethin wis burnin his taes. 'Goavie Dick! he skirled, wa on page 61

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Wey ma dirty taes and ma undescendit baw. on page 118

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
the tips o his taes intae the Forest. And yonder on page viii
find Wee Grumphie beekin his taes forenent his fire, but he wis on page 1
But hoo cauld ma taes on page 2
TAES - tiddely-pom on page 5
said thochtily, 'it isna the taes sae muckle as the lugs' on page 6
Also on pages 139
8 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
ti dae wes fecht wi thair ain taes. Shae priggit at the Keing o on page 45

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
nd his hert sank doon tae his taes. The day o the performance wi on page 89

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Yallae spinks an creepin hen-taes on page 36

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
And I'd neir skliffed the taes out ma crocodile shuin on page 123

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
coverin Hercules fae tap tae taes in leonine snochters. "Aw, th on page 8
e rattons run ower Hercules's taes and squadrons o midgies swarm on page 23
s growin atween the craitur's taes reached oot and grabbed his w on page 56

3 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
his neb nearhaun touched his taes. on page 96

1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
taes as faur as a hole they kent,
1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Soor Ploom Fairy, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
ve spent ages birlin oan sair taes,
1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
yer fingers, yer neb and yer taes when the winter weather is ca
1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
Fae her heid tae her taes,
Ma taes are curlin
2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
The Mowdiewort spartilt hiz taes frae evindoun happienes, spre
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
ts wee roon knap, an the lang taes o the fit.
1 matches

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
s, aw black an herry. Its wee taes tappin acroass the flerr. “
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
gs an itchy chilblains on oor taes!
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
rin cauld richt doun tae her taes wis the cockroaches! Thoosand
1 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
the elks hae tae be on their taes these days. The wolves are ay
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
t cairried it strecht tae the taes o a lad that wis paiddlin nea
omenes. Feelin the nip at his taes, Hippomenes lowped oot the wa
2 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
the outsides o yer feet. Yer taes turnt in. Yer knees was cauld
1 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
d at mah feet. Ah wiggled mah taes, tryin tae mak' th' discomfor
1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
go by, it jist gets farcical. Taes affside? Haund affside? No ta (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
'Heid, shooders, knaps and taes', onybody? Get yer wee yins ' (2018) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
tae keep u laddies oan there taes! (2021) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
he loved an cherished But her taes were dirlin wi the caul In fa on page 15

1 matches

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
in blae lochan ye can dip yer taes in o. A short dander east wil on page 37

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
On tip taes me, I'd stan up in stirrups, on page 36

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Jinny trampit oan is taes aneth the table: he'd obveesl on page 36
slippered fit. She wiggilt er taes an leuch. on page 56
d an rumpled leukin; is teeny taes an at het little hannie curle on page 67

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
her flip-flops an wiggilt her taes. "It's jist so fine te bi waa on page 10
ocks wi hanfaes oO san in the taes." on page 69

2 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
were trumpin on een anither's taes, he begun tae say till his di on page 101

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
e the wee waves lappin at oor taes. on page 1

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e thick Wellington socks. His taes squelched fin he wriggilt em on page 41

1 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
A'll use yer taes tae floss ma fangs, on page 15

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
a feline, that keeps me on ma taes on page 198

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
haimmered intae the heels an taes. A gweed pair o beets that Ah on page 13

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
ots for somethin - pynt your taes out fan ye walk - an myn faa on page 35

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
strae fork wi the usual twa taes. This wis nae eese ata, the t
his wis nae eese ata, the twa taes jist
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
d, an nae twa yairds frae her taes, a lane grey bawd teetit roon
n ran on afore her diggin the taes o her button-buits inno the h
osty mornins, pittin her hett taes frae aneth the cosie sheets o
mahognay cheer an curled her taes inside her buits, an swung he
4 matches

McArthur, Kaydi Rich n Peer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
I canny feel ma taes.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
crossed his taes an his fingers fur luck. Bit
McRae wis a wee loon wi pirn-taes, cockin-oot lugs an a kittlin
2 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
ris with the saund atween her taes.
lythe and she’ll weigle her taes as she walks tae her aul free
2 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@deesidedon Got! Aye gets i taes tappin' https://t.co/quPjDUAi(2019) search twitter

@beast_afc tweeted
the slob o a ref stie on his taes or shift his neck tae folae t(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - Five Signs, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
y er yu tyan me thooms tae me taes? on page 16

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
drew hersel richt up apon her taes, an scuttit ower da aedge o d on page 42
, an dan he raise up apon his taes, pat his mooth closs tae her on page 83
an dan dey wid truck apon her taes whin dey cam ower closs, an d on page 100
ttons an belt, an ta turn his taes oot. on page 105
"But whit aboot his taes?" da Mock Turtle wisna lack t on page 106

5 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
d moor squelched up atween da taes a dir bare feet. Dey wir da a on page 92

1 matches

Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
His lang taes, wirkin dir wey back an fore,
taes feelin fur da hertbaet o a wi
2 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Aboot to go to my 1st Sunday taes o da year, den a Voe Voar Red(2014) search twitter
mes - catty clooer and craws taes. Da bees are lovin it. http:/(2014) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Baith feet and taes as cauld as lead on page 44

2 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
y noo an agin treadin oan hur taes when they skiffed pass gie cl on page 99

1 matches

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