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The word 'uptak'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
uptakOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.81611
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.4 11 7
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 uptak in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
lpit Nava tae bi quick in the uptak o the local spikk. Faith! In
nie, Brian, fa wis gleg i the uptak wi baith lugs. Jude gied him
2 matches

(South) East Central

Crawford, Ross Eemis Stane 1 - Ane Dialog betwix King James VI, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, script
he sense tae set it asyde and uptak wae Scots insteid? It gey vex on page 11

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
oot a smitch o glegness i the uptak. on page 19

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
traisur yit ti be upliftit. A uptak ma penn eir o grace 17__ an g on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
, ye'v ne'er been gleg in the uptak, e'en at the best o times, wh on page 32

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
'Deed I wisna gleg at the uptak! I needit tae juidge her mair on page 33

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
, the scuil Heidie thocht his uptak an smeddum near ten, sae he w on page 21

1 matches

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
co haurder tae steemulate the uptak in saicondarie schuil. on page 39
is a massive driver o onwart uptak o Gaelic-medium primarie educ on page 41

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ten Scots wis faur easier tae uptak an mind athoot raxin doun a S on page 57

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
.” Hutton an Playfair's new uptak o geologic time wad come tae
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
that, my loesome deems, I can uptak.
Ye coudna jist uptak the kittle speil
Ye dae uptak it – nou, is that weel dich
3 matches

Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
cause thay hae sic a fash tae uptak Brown’s Ayrshire Scots. Bro
1 matches

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