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The word 'explore'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
exploreOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.92921
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 2
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 65.6 6 2
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 25 4 3
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 11.9 9 7
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of explore in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
An set oot tae explore a bit, but "Drat id there's t on page 79

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
I must explore this hoose on page 16

1 matches

Shetland

Williamson, Christie Gairden, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, poetry
du’ll be free tae explore
1 matches

Isbister, Sonny Caves aroond Shetland, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
Jeamie decided tae go for an explore at da shore near tae dir hoos
So dey hed a peerie explore on da beach and fun lots o se
2 matches

Mid Northern A

Thain, Gianna Far Shaddas Lurk, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
Freedom tae explore the many stories, the secrets
1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ye be scunnert wi aa that tae explore? on page 3
twa oors as weel as haein an explore o their permanent exhibitions on page 6
selection o fuid cultures tae explore. For a dram or twa, or even j on page 8
a wheen o free galleries tae explore. 'Galleri Haaken', wi its mix on page 15
her pairts o Oslo that ye can explore athoot spendin a poun (or a k on page 16

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McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
only nine bit wis allowed tae explore
1 matches

(South) East Central

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
sider takin forrit action tae explore establishin a board for the S
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
haes set up a Leid Forum tae explore the norrie o 'Synergy' amang
1 matches

West Central

Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
, he decidit tae heid oot, an explore.
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
rest tae safety, did anithir explore fir him, then we walked back
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
"Explore Lochwinnoch Bog!"
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ese people have chosen not to explore the recreational uses of alco
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
n this wis whit drove him tae explore mair far-aff sae quicklie. Th
1 matches

General Central

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
ofessional Standards, an will explore the possibility o haein this on page 7

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
s o Scotland is Loch Tey (www.explore-highland-perthshire.com) that on page 65

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
is leeteral unnerwarld, an ye explore it wi aa the bairntid joy o t on page 133
t Ah haena time or scowth tae explore at lenth here, are the gleg a on page 134

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Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
explore spellin
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
n be biggit up – an we wull explore the ramifications o this in f
1 matches

MacMinto, Gregor Hippies, Authenticity and Globalisation, (Wordpress 2022) Central, prose
spired the braider public tae explore the warld. A bodie’s ain ex
merism, wis the dool, an this explore o the owthenticallie fantoosh
2 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
alang tae see @SusiBriggs1 an explore the beauty o Scots - wi a we (2019) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@officialAliRed tweeted
Father and son ramble to explore the remains of Dockra Ironsto(2020)