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The word 'tag'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tagOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.53519
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 69.7 12 2
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 22.2 5 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 31.1 7 4
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 2
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 tag 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.

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
Tag negator: Turnin staetments in on page 45
Standirt English da tag is maed wi da pronoun alang w on page 91
tlan inflects da BE auxiliary tag fir da 1st on page 92

4 matches

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
on. Athin Standirt English da tag is meyd wi da pronoun alang w
Athin Shætlan da tag is meyd wi da pronoun alang w
an inflects da "be" auxiliary tag fir da 1st person singular: A

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
wis a peerie bell an a roond tag at said
t, Mam phoned da number on da tag. Hit wis Ingrid an Nicol's ma
ing wearing a collar and name tag with your phone number on it,
Dey spak aboot gettin a new tag fur her collar wi baith names
ith phone numbers on her name tag, jöst in case.
5 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
patient tae hae an electronic tag till weel aince mair. Brakken
1 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
airt, he rade oot wis his rag-tag o reivers tae spulzie the pla on page 51

1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
ld hae won this we that price tag. No shown it so far though. F(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
nd affa amusing is that fan I tag #fittie I get a'this new foll(2017)

@glenlivetloon tweeted
@YesAberdeen A #tag for us Doric speakers - Bett(2013)

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'Gutsie wee reivers wha like tag eat cake, maun hae cake! Eat on page 122

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
n the brains tae take aff the tag wi her ain name on it before on page 39
rday in Maths, Charlene asked tag copy Harpreet's equations an on page 80
wur in primary seven, he said tag Bryan, An ma big sister went on page 128

4 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ah'Il juist tag alang wi ye.' on page 124

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
d tae ast how comes 'e didnae tag rat wee message oan tae ri wa
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ee entourage roon them ae wee tag-alongs n tramps fae other sch on page 45

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
No really knowin any cunt, we tag alang at the end ay the squad
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ubmission an strict adherence tag the king's laws. on page 34
rol his mount, held on grimly tag its mane for fear o bein thro on page 38

2 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
gied me the Oor Billy's lucky tag for the rest o ma days! on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
prince,' I said. 'I kenna hou tag draw ocht forby boa constrict on page 82

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
'Lat him tag alang or thare'll be a greeti on page 22

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ns o the 'provincial dialeck' tag first gien it in the 18t cent on page 121

1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
e oan yer social media wi the tag #guidguisin (2020) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
tag the waas, very artistic, on page 47

1 matches

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