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Use in varieties of Scots

tame Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8 12.6 0 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2625 0 0 1 0 0
Number of authors11 10 1

Occurrences of tame in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
baith wild an tame on page 32

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
dded: 'Whit dis it mean, 'tae tame'?' on page 67
oosand ither tods. But gin ye tame me, syne we wad need ilk he w on page 68
'Please...tame me!' he said. on page 69

9 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
there noo, ceptin Moses, the tame corbie, wha sleepit on a spar on page 6

3 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
g rides out once more, upon A tame and timid steed. on page 5

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Could fail tae tame whit nevvir could be tame. on page 14
it some wurds, an yins no sae tame, on page 36

3 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
e could sing or dance or tell tame jokes. Then to "test your men on page 120

1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
i' phrases bold, no' limp an' tame,
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
forgaithert, binna Moses, the tame corbie, that sleepit on a per
es pitten aboot by Moses, the tame corbie. Moses, that Mr Camero
ee (the object o this wis tae tame the rattons and rabbits), the
ects failt. The mint made tae tame the wild craiturs, for an ins
4 matches

Briggs, Susi My Yellow Yorlin, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
If he thocht me tame, I’d mibbes get hame
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
eet is quiet, and the road is tame. Before too long ah find mass
1 matches

Shetland

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
spreadin, pooin an tuggin ta tame da straands inta da right sha
1 matches

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