A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

te Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words489.5 6.6 2350.7 0 23.2 0 4.4
Number of occurrences158413 1566 0 4 0 1
Number of authors27 11 14 1 1

Occurrences of te in Corpus

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Central

Cairns, Pauline Lallans 83 - Boeuf Bourguignon, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
When we wir steyin in a gîte in Burgundy Ah tried tae mak on page 68

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
eally great. But I'm going to te! you something that's fir yer on page 3

1 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Téte-a-téte mate on page 97

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
scrawny. Even when she did aw te dancin an gymnastics an stuff on page 137

1 matches

Stephenson, Michael Northwords Now 43 - Tao Te Ching 9, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Central - Bathgate, poetry
Tao Te Ching 9 on page 4

1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ne, was “balls!” Ma “bête-noir” wis ay’ wi’ “bo
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ybes he mislikit bein seen téte-a-téte wi her, maybes there
-a-téte wi her, maybes there wis a lo
2 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
advice Nae mater how ye care te treat it
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
unter @naebD "cría cuervos y te sacan los ojos": a Spanish pr(2020) search twitter

@weenell3 tweeted
@RichardMcInto14 Shuffled sh*te mair like! (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
nt - take it theres no other te (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
"Bet ye canna wyte te meet her, Callum?" on page 91
"wi hid a scan. Wid ye like te see it?" Dad pullt a bit o sh on page 92
Ah dinna ken if she's spikkin te ma in real life. Ah get aathi on page 93
affrontit. Ah dinna wint te look at him, so Ah pick at th on page 94
bit me an Jenna wintit te see the film, so wi gid in wi on page 95
Also on pages 96, 97
41 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
haums bi ma side Didein Gr Ye te kyrhe on page 3

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Differint tales te tell, on page 6
fair bit tull't." Ah stairtit te reeden aneth the wifie's scru on page 7
cter. The GP hid leent forrit te tak is pulse. on page 8
"Fit dis the Doric mean te you?" Ah speered it farther e on page 9
that es an 'ay', aff wi gaed te the Dairy fir a 'scone an yon on page 10
Also on pages 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89
518 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Te recognise on Sicht. on page 5
urkey! Fitna hell wid Ah wint te ging ere fir?" Morrice McGreg on page 6
's nae a place aat's appealin te me it aa. It's a jang road fa on page 7
Morrice turnt te see a young loon leenin up ag on page 8
"Ere's nae need te bi like aat." Joyce shook her on page 9
Also on pages 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96
630 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
un private, an he's invitin's te ging doon an sign oan." Jack on page 6
" compleent Jack, "it's enuch te mak a bodice sweer." on page 7
Ivor," said Jack. "Ah'm gaun te write im a letter insteid." on page 8
ck's?" speered Jack, stairtin te snip awa it the edges o Harry on page 9
wye," said Jack, stridin ower te the winda an pullin doon the on page 10
Also on pages 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52
309 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ss construction an, as the tête-a-tête developed, he could s
-a-tête developed, he could see less
2 matches

Leslie, Dawn Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner, (no publisher recorded 2023) Doric, newspaper
peirt at ma recently, onythin te dee wi the 'wascally wubbits'
vver-endin mochy wither an a 'te dee' list as lang as ma airm.
Elphinstone lawn his gart ma te declare ony kyne o Yuletide '
day un Ah hivna gien a thocht te fit te get folk, fit festive
fit te get folk, fit festive frock t
14 matches

Leslie, Deborah Bittie aboot oor Doric dialect, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Inverurie, blog
Doric belangs te you an me: it’s in the quai
ay, "Is it nae affa difficult te write in Doric?" I say, "No.
think in Doric, so it feels, te me, as natural as breathin; i
-lingual an diverse. In order te survive in these changin time
file o oor Scots tongue needs te be raised – te be recognise
8 matches

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
But I’m gan te tak them back.
1 matches

Dunnett, Nathan The Auld Asylum, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
tae the ither that we winted te go hame so we jist sat there
1 matches

Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2021) Doric - Fraserburgh
Were settlin doon the gither te their new life
Fan they flitted in te a croft te work en bide
a croft te work en bide
rse the plooin took ower lang te dee
He wid hiv te see aboot getting mechanised

Noble, Brian , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
It his te be haggis ,tatties and neeps
The haggis somebody needs te address
Sine there’s pudding ina te boot
Time te dance en get foo
En the settee is shoved back te mak room in the middle
8 matches

Facebook link ( 2013) Doric - Buckie
fancie pattrins. It turnt oot te be nearly a cottige industry

@DoricPhrases tweeted
see ma elephant tapestry yon te’en me twaa years!(2014) search twitter
iv a new poun coin she hisnae te'en aff me! https://t.co/YeRkV(2017) search twitter
Te'en last wik faun the sun came(2017) search twitter
Te’en in Birmingham. https://t.(2017) search twitter

@beast_afc tweeted
as he say. We fitness prefer te hae oor ane loons. https://t.(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
ly the aul traivellers marker te get oot on the road for summe(2020) search twitter

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
OorVyce ... pairtly wi a view te makkin recommendations aboot (2020) search twitter
@OorVyce It wisna till I wint te uni that I realised fit I spo(2020) search twitter
read to think fit they’d hae te say aboot me! I canna even go(2020) search twitter
Translations’ aboot/abut tae/te kick-aff wi aa/aw us Scots sp(2020) search twitter
hopefully get a wee trip doon te Tannadice sometime once they (2020) search twitter
and 2 other occurrences.

@glenlivetloon tweeted
teacher in Aberdeenshire eest te gie ye a richt row if ye spok(2020) search twitter
s show at ers aey plinty work te dee te promote i Scots leid t(2020) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
icPhrases Aye. And being made te feel a richt feel, wytin fur (2018) search twitter

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
ed mid front unrounded vowel /te̞kɪt/ (taekit) on page 23
t voiceless alveolar stop /te̞kɪt/ (taekit) on page 26
Aald English mete/mæte meant 'maet' as weel an haes on page 104

4 matches

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Gra'te it wae yir best smile o' wilc on page 48

1 matches

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