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The word 'explorin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
explorinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.12016
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 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 139.1 3 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.3 7 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of explorin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
cht it micht bi an area wirth explorin." on page 7

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
jobs war deen, wi'd ging aff explorin - playin hidean-sik in the w on page 21

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Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
reen grunds aroon Clos Lucé, explorin da Vinci's projects as ye gan on page 18

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General Northern

Wheeler, Leslie Brockit, the Ferm Toon Cat, (Grampian Regional Council 2000) Doric, weans
ready lookin for tae dee some explorin.
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North East Central

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
r we cam fae’ is a tryptych explorin the history an explodin the m
open it up an tak pleisur in explorin the aulder history o Scotland
2 matches

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
dae wi Scots cuisine, an airt explorin local an national themes will
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Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Let's praise explorin’ heroes,
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
tae. Alweys sniffin aboot and explorin his surroondins is Brucie and
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Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Is it explorin the universe? on page 18

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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
good bands they’ve evolved, explorin other musical avenues, surgin
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General Central

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ik forrit tae mony mair hours explorin it. Historians, onomasticians on page 20

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Anither braw steid anent explorin the mirk ablo us is ‘Ocean
entist bodies that gaes aboot explorin thaim an whit graith thay uis
2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
Explorin oor Scots sels by writin in t
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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
n tae face Kat. ‘I’m jist explorin yer room, I howp ye dinna min
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Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
explorin an explainin
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@LairnScots tweeted
Year of Coasts and Waters by explorin oor links an ideas fir lairni (2020) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
it tae flee tae and A’d get explorin a wee bit mare o’ it.
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General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
Tourist Boord wul cairry oan explorin' chansts wi' in the Ulster-Sc on page 672

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