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Use in varieties of Scots

practise Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.2 9.8 0 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2019 0 0 0 1 0
Number of authors9 8 1

Occurrences of practise 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

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
ons in high school. Ah widnae practise and then ahd make an erse ae on page 1

6 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
uirement fer deid boadies tae practise anatomy on tae the logical co on page 108
ll, the need fer cadavers tae practise dissection on wis bein felt b on page 109

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
p tae the seven foot mark tae practise divin an play at Jaws. on page 55

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
Grumphie,' said Pooh. 'We'll practise it noo as we dauner alang. Bu on page 4
since I'm in, if I decide tae practise a sma circular sweel fae rich on page 91
n pairt because he wantit tae practise this, and in pairt because he on page 114

4 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
e me tae the baths tae let me practise. He said naw. Ah said, How no
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Bit dae they practise whit they preach?
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ts. And syne, efter twa-three practise shotties, the hale ferm burst
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
dna come til him ony mair tae practise dialogues. Maybe, an ancestor
he gied her a real sword tae practise wi, he replaced Bill wi hisse
2 matches

Eunson, Catherine Freude, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
I mind the fichts to mak him practise Ode to Joy.
1 matches

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
real reason were the code of practise within affected them, yet it (2021) twitter link