A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

practically Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8 11.1 4.5 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2622 3 0 1 0 0
Number of authors18 14 3 1

Occurrences of practically in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
om. She gies a wee gasp as he practically takes her breath away when he on page 6
aravan. Ah pick it up an it's practically totally liquid. on page 24

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
the loyal crazy burds that ir practically troops. They're mad anaw n wo on page 23

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
nods long and deep, her chin practically touchin her chest. The pen go on page 9

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
it. Ah instantly find massel practically nose tae nose wae this stylis on page 51
But this is the same boay who practically begged me tae ban on page 54
ff the bus, so ah did, it wis practically a sprint. Ah wanted tae be th on page 98
fanny magnet. Ah mean, she's practically goat her mooth wrapped aroond on page 154
"Practically wankin me oaff she wis at rec on page 193

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ey snell at arithmetic. Ah've practically got a computer inside ma heid on page 47

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
wis aboot tae start. Harpreet practically flew oot the door. Charlen, w on page 96

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
e ficht fur hauf a loaf. Ah'm practically wastin away. Ah lost ma appet on page 74

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
the wee yin bi the shooder an practically threw im against the wa ae th on page 45

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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
fine, visually magnificent n practically ergonomic chunk of immaculate
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Grubb, Adrian Bungee, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Kirkcaldy, prose
ar, ma Maw's pal Emma who was practically running it, came up tae me sa
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Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
But this is the same boay who practically begged me tae ban him and the
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Hsien wis practically spittin. “Ceevilisation! Ce
“Rongye has lived in Delhi practically her whole life, and Dada has
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Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
kin us take drugs. Forced us, practically. See whit happens then.’
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McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
tional Stadium i Santiago wis practically aye weit. In the ae stadium w
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grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
tes doon harshly, and ma cock practically jumps. He soothes the sting w
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
. By that ah mean the hing is practically beggin me tae fire it oan and
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Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
nu as file. In fack, it's bin practically a state o famine. If it wisna on page 76

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on at Countesswells, westhill practically connected tae kingswells and (2020) twitter link

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n neighbours dog sniff ma leg practically a'the wye! Think it wis ma go(2018) search twitter

Shetland

Williamson, Christie Submissions, an keepin on, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, blog
no hard fur a Shaetlan poyim, practically impossible fur a Ingleesh een
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