A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

practisin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 4.6 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences109 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors7 6 1

Occurrences of practisin in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
er and so he's gey useful fur practisin wi.' on page 104
aboot richt. It'd be fine fur practisin. on page 204
the neist hour, Matilda kept practisin, and in the end she'd managed on page 207

3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
her tae gie it a by. But ah'm practisin my recitation, she said, pure on page 169

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
her Rodrick and his band were practisin doon in the basement. on page 29

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ied owre-faur the notion that practisin poets are puir critics on acc on page 95

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Thochts o Speakin Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2001) Central, prose
oot whit a skoosh it can be. Practisin thinkin in Scots is a thing t
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Shair, a wis practisin' oan ma Didgeridoo.
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
at prick on the neest balcony practisin his golf swing." on page 17

1 matches

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