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The word 'tact'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tactOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.486
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 31 5 3
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
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)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of tact in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
smiled the good doctor. "But tact is of the essence when dealin
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
gif anither hus nae tact, an is a richt lood-mooth - on page 118

1 matches

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
icate aspects of the world wi tact. He’d use big, large, grand
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
’ Jill.” How’s that fir tact, eh? Brilliant! Quite pleased
paddled. YES! Nobel prize fir tact comin’ tae Wee Roge! When J
spot the problem/s. Aw’ ma tact, carin’ an’ diplomacy wen
3 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
man appreciates that kind of tact in a woman.”
1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Red an Black, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
wi yer anaesthetic tact
1 matches

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