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Use in varieties of Scots

academy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.2 13.6 28.3 9.9 5.8 0 35.4
Number of occurrences5627 19 1 1 0 8
Number of authors28 13 11 1 1 2

Occurrences of academy 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.

Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ter schule. Aince heez at the Academy he wid see tae heezsel, git i on page 78

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
e up fir a tour o Bonnieburgh Academy, ah breathed a big sigh o rel on page 7

4 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
lit yae step inside. St Johns Academy wis cawed. Nae doot yuv heard on page 68

1 matches

Anderson, Elizabeth Lallans 59 - OBITUARY : ALISTAIR TAYLOR 1928 - 2001, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
nie, teachin English, at Waid Academy, Anstruther, at Morgan Academ on page 4

4 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
pplyin fur the Royal Scottish Academy a Music an Drama once we leav on page 169

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
hens, whaur he studied at the Academy. He studied philosophy, Plato on page 100

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
In Academy format, the monochrome hureho on page 79

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
e up fir a tour o Bonnieburgh Academy, ah breathed a sigh o relief. on page 4
'Welcome to Thistlegate Academy. So tell me, do you enjoy Eng on page 9
Mr McDonald said Bonnieburgh Academy wis built in 1967, which seem on page 52

4 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ment. He left schuil, Dalziel Academy in Motherwell, in third year, on page 133

1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
etlandic an Glaswegian. Banff academy has been working with the Elp
1 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
rriculum, a Scots TV, a Scots Academy. Yon wad be braa, wadn't it?
1 matches

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
chuil, an then, at Galashiels Academy, A wis luckie ti sit under th
Chinese cam ti uis in Gala Academy library. A’d been readin Ar
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ing it completely outside the academy. They could go off in some ma
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
duates fae ‘Amber’s Doggy Academy’. Business, however, needs
1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
Jamie Fairbairn fae Banff Academy tellin us aw about the SQA Sc (2019) twitter link
o contemporary Scots at Banff Academy, an oor new lairning material (2018) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
derness - luv to all at wick academy xxx (2020) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
ht up in Peterheid? Dux o the Academy. Syne the faimly meeved doon on page 59

1 matches

Innes, Brian P. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
science teacher at Inverurie Academy, an that's fan ma story stair on page 49

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
"Ye're jokin ma! I'm at the Academy - ye're ower aul te hae anith on page 91

1 matches

Bundy Broch The Doric Min, (YouTube 2020) Doric - Brouch, poetry
was just a wee loon, at broch academy
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Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
Irvine, an S6 pupil at Banff Academy.
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Here's the problem wi the trad wife muivement, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
s fae the likes o the Darling Academy tae keep them richt. Thou, it
1 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
Dae ye follae Morgan Academy Cycle Hub @CycleMorgan ? If n(2020) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ential an dedicated i' Harlaw Academy teachers fa touched sae mony (2018) search twitter
Engurlush O’grade fae Harlaw Academy fae nineteen eighty fower, ah(2020) search twitter

@beast_afc tweeted
ds to ging back tae hazelheed academy(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
came hame we boxset o Police Academy ....... yae!(2012) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
t o junior Geography at Banff Academy. Burn, knock, brae, knowe, bi (2020) twitter link
e story o Macpherson - Banff Academy pupils will be takkin pairt i (2020) twitter link
@OrkneyWirds A pupil at Banff Academy once spiered me if she could (2020) twitter link
@LairnScots Hehe, aye, Bumff Academy. Wi the nummer o papers ye us (2021) twitter link
yet! Fair tricket that Banff Academy won this National Award. Than (2020) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Stromness Academy, Davie Ward's bus on page 42

1 matches

Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, weans
i, a dominie frae Lingistwick Academy, "considerable resources are
1 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
Ulster-Scots Academy, langside a wheen o' projects on page 28
oo. The notion at the Fresian Academy model bes apt fer Ulster-Scot on page 31
ipe ban' hes stairted in Down Academy. on page 48
* An Ulster-Scots Academy wus tae hae bein' stairtet ma on page 60
academy/institute at wud bae a region on page 68

6 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
ect glossaries inaboot the US Academy website as weel. (2016) twitter link
ssary" (fae the "Ulster Scots Academy" site)... https://t.co/xKG0HQ (2016) twitter link

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