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The word 'preach'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
preachOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.11711
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of preach in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
ist cam tae e roch cuntra tae preach. He telt them, "Repint, cause on page 9
att day on, Jesus started tae preach an say, "Repint, cause e Keen on page 10
ease. An he sent them oot tae preach e Keengdom o God an tae heal on page 95

3 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ken how he had the nerve tae preach tae onybody on Sunday morning on page 62

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
brooch, fleech, poach, pooch, preach, reach, speech, teach, each.
1 matches

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

West Central

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
uid wirds o oors intae deeds. Preach the Gospel, the mannie says.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
leave tae pray, Broun, no tae preach!' bawled Claverhouse in a rag on page 47

1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
Sae, Paul, laddie, I'll no preach whit you on page 67

1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
this when it wis illegal tae preach lik that an illegal tae go an
in in his intention tae field preach, tried tae convince them that

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
s invitin them tae come in an preach the Word on behalf o the Caus

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
this when it wis illegal tae preach withoot permission. It wis al

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
ivver entered the pulpit tae preach.%26quot;

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
t the scriptur imperative, “Preach Christ an him crucified, rise
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
preach a sermon, heave a sigh, on page 93

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Reynolds, Charlie An Appeal frae tha hairt, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
d that they hae tha richt tae preach tae tha converted(native spea
1 matches

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