Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'taakin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

taakin	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	43.5	145	14
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	9.8	3	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)	1129.8	36	2
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)	71.4	2	1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)	32.8	1	1
GUL - General Ulster	56.9	2	2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)	508.7	28	1

Occurrences of taakin in Corpus

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Orkney

Peace, Courtney The 'Guid' Life, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Taakin the rookle oot tae the midden
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Sanners Gow's Tales and Folklore of the Buchan - The Clootie Dummmplin!, (Ayton Publishing 2017 ISBN: 978-1910601419) Doric - Banffshire, prose
sark bein ruined. Ackers wiz taakin aa this in an kittlin Jocky u
yin she grabbit it fae him an taakin a pair o shears fae her aapro
2 matches

Shearer, Gillian Skitin Oan Thin Ice, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2019) Doric - Alford, prose
ae leg thrust back lik a craa taakin flight. Ruaraidh cuid nae bel
1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
brocht up in the Ulster Scots taakin airts. on page vi
g but thur wus nae picturs or taakin in it, "an," thocht Alice, "w on page 7
e tae dae, sae Alice stairtet taakin tae hirsel agane. "Dinah wull on page 10
Aw dear, what foolery A'm taakin!" on page 17
hirsel the hale time shae wus taakin. "Agh dear! Iloo odd iverythi on page 19
Also on pages 20, 25, 30, 31, 36, 38, 43, 45, 51, 52, 53, 57, 59, 67, 69, 79, 84, 86, 109
30 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
Aye - Am taakin aboot tha time tha weans deev
1 matches

Reynolds, Charlie An Appeal frae tha hairt, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
ne intae a fit o thraaness an taakin a noshun intae thaur heids th
1 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Tha demise o oor ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
t wull shane jest bae a wye o taakin jest h'ard behin closed doars
, thaur is a hale rake o yins taakin aboot tha Ullans/Ulster Scots
2 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Tak pride in yer ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2009) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
a schuil ye wur toul tae quet taakin in yer ain tongue. Becaase o
e naw spake it mair instead o taakin aboot it, ir indeed why dae w
2 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
a bit o a blether. We lea tha taakin tae tha intellectuals that le
hair as lang as tha oul wie o taakin leeves on, we're still conten
2 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Or buy a taakin burd. on page 43

1 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Fechtin solves naethin, it's taakin that coonts. on page 32

1 matches

McMaster, Anne Yarns 3 - Tha Gift / At Sea / Hairst Light, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ulster, poetry
ehin’ me, a hear an oul man taakin ’ saftly.
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
n tha Laa? © A tell ye, we'r taakin aboot sumthin mair impoartin on page 9
ïdnae unnèrstan whut he wus taakin aboot. Jesus went bak doon ta on page 73
a boat. Noo whan he haed daen taakin tae tha fowk, he toul Simon, on page 77
Laa an tha Pharisees stairtit taakin amang thairsels. on page 78
Whan Jesus haed daen taakin tae tha fowk, he gaad ïntae on page 80
Also on pages 86, 90, 91, 92, 99, 105, 108, 111, 112
28 matches