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The word 'educate'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
educateOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.21713
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 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)
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of educate in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
We’ll educate them that dinna ken.
1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
Juist dae onything ye can tae educate yersel, sae ye can help ither
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
yersel gittin intae wi a weel-educate weidae-man in Airchie's frame on page 125

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
yersel gittin intae wi a weel-educate weidae-man in Airchie's frame
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
tae pit by siller eneuch tae educate Horace remains a mystery. Hor on page 100

1 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
angle. A want a campaign tae educate the folk o Scotland whit they
1 matches

@annieones tweeted
mich better. Yae shud try an educate yersel pal. An no jist these (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ivilege tae be able tae help, educate an’ possibly inspire youngs
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Tae motivate an' educate us,
1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
The fact A'm here tae educate, on page 36

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
tland fowk wis neither formal educate or steert tae write in thair on page 6

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
the lift wis naething new til educate fowk o 15t century Scotland.
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
t's whit they want. Ye cannae educate thon wha dinnae want tae lear(2020)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Noo Doctor Knox tae educate on page 41

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
an unco civil learned chiel, educate at Salamanca on page 44

1 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
nt Scots an in (Ulster) Scots educate yersel! (2015) twitter link