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The word 'practise'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
practiseOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus62012
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 25.1 5 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 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 practise in Corpus

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(South) East Central

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
nest. All you have tae dae is practise, safely' She tapped the noteb on page 7

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Bit dae they practise whit they preach?
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
p tae the seven foot mark tae practise divin an play at Jaws. on page 55

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
e me tae the baths tae let me practise. He said naw. Ah said, How no
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
uirement fer deid boadies tae practise anatomy on tae the logical co on page 108
ll, the need fer cadavers tae practise dissection on wis bein felt b on page 109

2 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ts. And syne, efter twa-three practise shotties, the hale ferm burst
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
dna come til him ony mair tae practise dialogues. Maybe, an ancestor
he gied her a real sword tae practise wi, he replaced Bill wi hisse
2 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
ons in high school. Ah widnae practise and then ahd make an erse ae on page 8

3 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
." "Didnae mean..." "Need tae practise...." "Need tae..." "Need tae on page 3

1 matches

Eunson, Catherine Freude, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
I mind the fichts to mak him practise Ode to Joy.
1 matches

General Central

McLeish, Alistair Lallans 102 - Eco Cheil, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
He says to practise puttn on, on page 40

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
Grumphie,' said Pooh. 'We'll practise it noo as we dauner alang. Bu on page 4
since I'm in, if I decide tae practise a sma circular sweel fae rich on page 91
n pairt because he wantit tae practise this, and in pairt because he on page 114

4 matches

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
real reason were the code of practise within affected them, yet it (2021) twitter link