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The word 'approached'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
approachedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62213
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 91.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 37.2 6 2
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
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 approached in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
ad wisna able tae gin, so hee approached heis tae see eif we weis sikk on page 38

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e gie her father his wish and approached the cooncil. Of course we’d
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
intae een o the towers an wiz approached fae the scullery by a windin
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
rept upon him as he slept. It approached him as silently as an assassi(2018)

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
he wid be a tourist an as he approached the sign he pit oot his
1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
We approached stealthily, wi much concern i
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
As he approached the moontain, Hercules passed on page 18
tae faw in as the michty buh] approached as unstappable as a tidal wav on page 31

2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
oot Colin Roy’s fate. As we approached Ballachulish though we saw th
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
n’ basic Jobs-bodyin’. He approached the College askin’ gin he c
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
They hung back as Bill approached the wumman. He knelt aside he
hat her hert wis racin as she approached the hospital hut. She tane de
isna, hooever, a topic tae be approached wi a fifteen-year-auld girl o
isna, hooever, a topic tae be approached wi a fifteen-year-auld girl o
4 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
sea on ma time aff, maybe be approached by some beautiful mysterious on page 3

1 matches

Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
They approached the man.
n any ae the others.” Billy approached the bars. The back ae the enc
. They ran er tae it. As they approached, Jonny spotted somethin’ oa
3 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
them each a gless o wine. Tam approached the table an Jean-Paul grabbe on page 50

1 matches

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
ic lairner education shuid be approached as pairt o the Gaelic Leid pl on page 40

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
The Wolf approached anither hoose, on page 44

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
d up. Its rider dismoontit an approached them. His hair, thocht Kat, l
1 matches

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