A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

practised Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 4 3 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences118 2 0 0 1 0
Number of authors8 6 2 1

Occurrences of practised 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

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - Joco Geordie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
d til univairsity in Embro an practised as an osteopath in Glesca. Ye on page 10

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
a shut hersel in her room and practised wi the cigar. And soon it ste on page 208

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Intent, his practised ee weighed up each stane on page 11

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
it be if we gaed hame noo and practised yer sang, and syne sang it ta on page 4
meant, gaed intae a neuk and practised lowpin oot at himsel, in pair on page 114

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ee-high cae a grasshopper, ah practised in front o a mirror. The othe on page 57

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
smile. Naebody cared gin fowk practised Hinduism, sae lang’s they t
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
cheques I tell't im, P've aye practised thrift on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ronnie noddit an practised lookin expressionless. on page 57

1 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Intent, his practised ee weighed up each stane on page 207

1 matches

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