A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'tasted'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tastedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62215
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 105.5 3 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 36.3 3 1
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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of tasted in Corpus

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie Cheerio for eenoo . . ., (Shetland Times 2011) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
s lug. Gadge! Soup has niver tasted da sam in wir howe.
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
be tellan me next at ee never tasted an eigg!" on page 51
Alice began till say "A wance tasted-" but soon checked hersel, an on page 95

3 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
or new wine. An naebody att's tasted aul wine will seek new, cause on page 88

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
lyfu o chaip fusky he'd niver tasted afore that nicht. He keeled o
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
“I hinna tasted Jersey coo cheese in years”
s that warna. Bit nae aathing tasted fine. Mooch tuik a moufu frae
2 matches

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
e are wee loon, ma dugs hiv a tasted yer bluid!” Jist then the t
1 matches

Aberdeen

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
It tasted fine fan it wis wrapped in pa
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
"I dinna think I hiv tasted onything better" Said Jonsar
"That's the best tay I hiv tasted."
2 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Bit och! it's true he tasted fine.
1 matches

Lamb, Darcie T in the Park, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Kirkcaldy, prose
t ma breakfast. The breakfast tasted rare, tae. The excitement A f
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
crab she an her man had ivver tasted. 'An that wis the thing, ye k on page 95

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
" (Alice stairtit tae say "Ah tasted wan at-" bit stoappt hersel q on page 97

1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
mak it the best hing ye ever tasted in yer life! (Noo, I hae hear on page 23

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
tellin iz next that ee ne'er tasted an egg!" on page 52
ice sterted tae say "Ah yince tasted - " but checked hersel gie qu on page 97

3 matches

South West (Galloway)

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
tasted his salty porridge on page 96

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
oose fur timattas - the' aye tasted bettér nor the yins ye bocht on page 16

1 matches

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