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The word 'tastit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tastitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.63218
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 34.9 6 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.9 5 5
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 1
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 5
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 tastit in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ö fan it wis aafil fine (hit tastit lack a mixter o cherry-tart, on page 13
'll be sayin is at du's never tastit an egg!" on page 54
ta say "Dey wir ee time at I tastit - " but stoppit hersel apo d on page 99

4 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
I mak da best stew he's ever tastit." on page 50
rm fur years, bit ah'm nivver tastit onything ta baet da Shetland on page 62

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
wine waiter cam roon an Billy tastit baith the wines. Billy sloosh on page 34
at aye leukit better then it tastit." on page 87

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
est sherry trifle ye've ivver tastit." on page 29

1 matches

General Northern

Johnston, Mary Lallans 83 - Chief wi Een Anither, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
ake an gin e hiv onythin fine-tastit ti ett, think on me. I've a n on page 83
reesh. Ere's naethin sae fine-tastit as fit ee ett bi yersel. Fair on page 84

2 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ocktail caibinet. They nivver tastit naethin, but efter they'd fei on page 26

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ade the best lentil soup ever tastit - She could mak a meal fae n on page 31

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
(fur Adam niver tastit meat).
1 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
cots, in the nineteen hunert, tastit the cultural moyen o Empire,
1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
breid for nae reason when it tastit bowfin onywey an there wis a
1 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
couldnae guess as tae how it tastit.
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
fer human flesh aince they'd tastit it an it wis said that they m on page 37
hen askit, said they actually tastit fine aince they were biled fe on page 98

2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
nk didna bother her. Whit she tastit wis juist his mou, an she sme
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ng me ye've never sae much as tastit an egg!" on page 53

2 matches

McCrory, Pat Lallans 57 - Jimsie’s Maw’s Soup, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
The Queen tastit the soup, wi'oot even a sloop on page 29

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
llin me next that ye've never tastit an egg!" on page 44

3 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
-oobits, and the hairy-oobits tastit honkin, and the Heedrum-Hodru on page 79
t brawest chocolate I've ever tastit!' said Granda Jock, smackin h on page 95

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
hey blethered, they mixed and tastit the chocolate puddin. on page 45

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
an made a grand cheese. He'd tastit waur - an less o it - mony on page 17

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
aed awa wi a jaur o jeely! It tastit braw slaithert on a piece but
1 matches

@jamieonkeys tweeted
s last week they seem tae hiv tastit a bit different. Thanks(2017)

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