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Use in varieties of Scots

tempt Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.5 2.1 6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences84 4 0 0 0 0
Number of authors7 4 3

Occurrences of tempt in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
oot tae tempt thae puggies. That's the wey on page 77

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
he says. "Ah dinnae want tae tempt fate or anyhing, eh? but ah r on page 76

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Nor tempt the grumlie lift an swallin t on page 24

1 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
a study o Man, sae better tae tempt him?” replied Laren Bhain.
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
like aat if I wis you. Nivver tempt fate - aat's jist askin fir on page 38

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
An dinna tempt hiz on page 13
An dinna tempt hiz on page 99

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
he hid steamed him, tried tae tempt him tae eat wi sweet saps, or
1 matches

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