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The word 'academic'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
academicOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus21.87123
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.2 6 4
WCE - West Central 36.8 8 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 29.2 22 13
SEA - South East (Borders) 49.9 4 2
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 2
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 309.2 22 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of academic in Corpus

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Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, weans
vers aboot the Laich Hoose in academic journals, "considering the re
1 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
progressive in a fitnot in a academic journal, bit whit hit means i
sel. Bit da view o maest o da academic an leeterary establishment is
ta be ingrained i da Scottish academic an leeterary psyche. In a art
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Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
illiant career, a star in the academic firmament – nae doots. He w
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(South) East Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
es o authors athoot extensive academic backgrunds, or access to whit on page 96
that the least bookish, least academic, arena averse to discussin th on page 97

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
is kinna technical an e’en academic, an ootlines the ettils an ob
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
n academics. She is hersel an academic o great distinction. I am bla
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
want tae dae it as a special academic exercise. The adult hamelt Sc
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
st. Hamish Henderson, sodger, academic, makar an, abuin aw a passion
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West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
rie. Forby be-in a kenspekkil academic, Pr. Fenton in his tyme wes a on page 5

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
ichtlie, an anthologie, no an academic essay! But kittil up yeir cul on page 116

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
er Scott, David Robb, Dunedin Academic
n poems, plays, short yairns, academic buiks, airtikils, reviews an
awn studies o poems, plays an academic skreids ‘brief’. But for
Chapter 3 ‘An Academic Career Begins’ naitrallie d
wein the deisciplines, an the academic texts didna exist for this on
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Glasgow

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
the McDuffs wurnae the maist academic bunch, even if Daddy's family on page 7

1 matches

General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
rkin on in 1996 wi the German academic Dr Katja Lenz fae the Univers on page 33

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
shot - but wur no the maist academic bunch, and teachers are snobb on page 16

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Academic speirars at the Versity o Gle on page 51

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
y eneuch tae read, an no ower academic. This wark shuid plenish its on page 110

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
produck o ony 'conveyor-belt' academic system; a true 'lad o' pairts on page 132

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
it they like (addin at, as an academic in this field, Ah sud lang sy on page 56

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
academic research baith in its aulder
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Whan we warsle Scots intae academic contexts, ane o the recurrent
t first blenk, tae belang the academic context;
2 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
cless Joe an the Hairy Wullie academic wi his neb in a beuk. Knawled
ear futur. If it brings a fou academic or leeterar translate ony nea
2 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
concentrates on Irish, wi ony academic ken o Ulster dialect aften pi
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 59 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, newspaper
s til the ongaun debate anent academic an offeicial registers o Scot
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
academic writin,
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Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
n Weal wabsite as haein an ‘academic focus [in] Scottish li
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
in the first place noo leads academic critics tae assume that anony
1 matches

Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
This is a link tae a serious academic study bi the kenspeckle an we
kenspeckle an weel respeckit academic Dr Caroline Macafee (A J Aitk
ers in Scots, til heavyweicht academic essays an wittins that wid be
3 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
erlie Scots wirds acceptit in academic screivins. Gin a e'er rax war(2018)

@LairnScots tweeted
1/9 Ye dinnae need tae be an 'Academic' tae find Academic papers abo (2019) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
creator an mercat, stelled in academic an popular culture baith. Is on page 5

1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
d; cuid weil hev tae hae guid academic qualifications i the Scots La
ra-curricular happenin, i the academic yeir. Ay, Mrs Paxton, Miss Ca
lish. This account o Jame’s academic impruivment lends graith/wech
3 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
us wi nae Index, (sik as mair academic buiks hae), bit a wheen o fin on page 84

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@StuartPoet tweeted
ot us bein guid at sweirin or academic theses. Should be aboot the h(2020)

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
Academic Research an' Forderin 28 on page 3
Academic Research an' Forderin - Acad on page 6
Academic Research an' Forderin on page 7
impact oan academic daeins. on page 13
* Academic Research an' Forderin - Oor on page 23
Also on pages 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 53
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