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The word 'instructed'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
instructedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.795
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 34.9 6 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 instructed in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"Switch on dy computer," shü instructed, "I ken du still fins him unc on page 78

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Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
a bit closer tae see him!” instructed a filskit Gutteryaggle afore
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
e du’s hedgehog toast,” I instructed, as I started tae fecht my wy
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ary is waiting for you,” he instructed pointin tae a pink door clert
1 matches

Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
him in dee claa an showe,” instructed Meenie.
1 matches

Watt, Valerie A faersome feerie, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
vitamin C dey can git,” she instructed me.
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
scabbiest lookin knickers as instructed. 'Magic, hen,' ah say. "They' on page 24

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General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
staun oot on the flair...' he instructed. on page 42

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@ThonJacobite tweeted
accountability now'. He has 'instructed lawyers'. 'Somebody must be h(2021)

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