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practical Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15 17.5 4.5 0 29.1 0 26.6
Number of occurrences4834 3 0 5 0 6
Number of authors23 19 2 2 1

Occurrences of practical in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
t the streets offer. Even wee practical things aboot takin drugs, or on page 11

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
r mind four ae thum, seems as practical thenow, as appointin Prince A on page 30

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
is somethin that simply isnae practical, or affordable ava. An this i on page 88

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Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
at the same time religious an practical: he has kent lang years o luv on page 5

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
the plan wis baith clever an practical, een tho it meant them aw pit on page 85

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
ment o Principles, pit forrit practical meisurestae stert fulfillin t on page 19

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
we hae as a Government an the practical steps we will tak. We wad lik on page 1
Practical Steps on page 5

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
because intelligibeility is a practical maitter, no juist an ideologi on page 9

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
eracy) in't, can haurdly be a practical ane. It's symbolic, mair like on page 56

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
es an hou they can be pit tae practical uiss wi regaird tae leids, si
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
a coherent an practical policy designed tae encourage
intil practical reality.
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
nearer modern Scots. But for practical purposes we can start wi Robe
rt o the Spellin Committee is practical for siclike wark, nor div A t
or even phonemic system isna practical: the'r ower mony differs atwe
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Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
glish can be uised for aa the practical wark. But ye canna pit Scots
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Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ho, at the’r only twa-three practical possibeelities.
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Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
An English is practical, there's nae twa weys aboot i
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Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
cillin, logarithms, the first practical radar system an steam engine,
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Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
t, let this be the year o the practical poets, o bold makars wha will
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
cubicles that serve nae real practical purpose other than stoappin p
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
r mither an is mair in want o practical help nor whit we can tak tae
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McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
even texture. This was no’ practical on site, sae they wid use a p
The lecturer set the guys a practical task, while he spread oot the
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
suin gaithert that it wasna a practical proposeetion for thaim. Yince
did a first degree. Ah’m a practical kin o chiel. Ah like tae get
. Bit surgery - surgery is a practical skill,” he sayed maitter-o-
Bill suggestit. “Twisted practical joke? Bit of both? Ah,” he
Hsien leuch. “Thoo’s a practical Aald bastard, is thoo no?”
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Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
airchin awa aheid, shoodert a practical cagoule wi mair pockets nor h
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Ahmad, Nyla How We Celebrate – scrievin prompt, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
rievin is scrievin that has a practical purpose ahint it, sic as reci
e used for. Ye can be totally practical aboot this, or ye can gie a w
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
l, eddicational, leeterary an practical vizzies o a Scots language co
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Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
hocht. Ah... Ah wis jist bein practical." on page 23

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
felt sentiment. "Wi war baith practical an nae the kine te haud a san on page 15

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Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, weans
as such, but the intrusion of practical exigencies would inevitably c
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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
suggest at we sood follow dis practical example, an write wirds laek
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Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
oot howes? Dat soonds a guid practical subject,” I said, braaly im
“Yea, hit’s definitely practical, Da,” said Muttontief. “W
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Watt, Valerie Meenie’s Viking spoon, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
dir hair reasonably short for practical reasons. Dey wid niver hae hi
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Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
cots sector tae forder aa the practical skeels at ir needfu' fer Ulst on page 8
an' practical hefts tae yin anither. thair' on page 21
Quhat dis thon mean in practical terms? on page 22
sector tae forder aa needfu' practical skeels on page 41
reasonable, proportionate an' practical. on page 59
Also on pages 63
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