A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'practical'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of practical in Corpus

Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
suggest at we sood follow dis practical example, an write wirds laek
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Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
oot howes? Dat soonds a guid practical subject,” I said, braaly im
“Yea, hit’s definitely practical, Da,” said Muttontief. “W
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Watt, Valerie Meenie’s Viking spoon, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
dir hair reasonably short for practical reasons. Dey wid niver hae hi
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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
felt sentiment. "Wi war baith practical an nae the kine te haud a san on page 15

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@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Bolivia in 2001. Warm, comfy, practical. Naitural coloured oo fae toa (2021) twitter link

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
at the same time religious an practical: he has kent lang years o luv on page 5

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
es an hou they can be pit tae practical uiss wi regaird tae leids, si
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
nearer modern Scots. But for practical purposes we can start wi Robe
rt o the Spellin Committee is practical for siclike wark, nor div A t
or even phonemic system isna practical: the'r ower mony differs atwe
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
r mither an is mair in want o practical help nor whit we can tak tae
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
l, eddicational, leeterary an practical vizzies o a Scots language co
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West Central

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
t, let this be the year o the practical poets, o bold makars wha will
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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
the plan wis baith clever an practical, een tho it meant them aw pit on page 85

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Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
even texture. This was no’ practical on site, sae they wid use a p
� The lecturer set the guys a practical task, while he spread oot the
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
suin gaithert that it wasna a practical proposeetion for thaim. Yince
did a first degree. Ah’m a practical kin o chiel. Ah like tae get
. Bit surgery - surgery is a practical skill,” he sayed maitter-o-
�� Bill suggestit. “Twisted practical joke? Bit of both? Ah,” he
Hsien leuch. “Thoo’s a practical Aald bastard, is thoo no?”
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Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
cubicles that serve nae real practical purpose other than stoappin p
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General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
Sae here the sindry practical steps that a body can tak for on page 40

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
ment o Principles, pit forrit practical meisurestae stert fulfillin t on page 19

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
we hae as a Government an the practical steps we will tak. We wad lik on page 1
Practical Steps on page 5

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
because intelligibeility is a practical maitter, no juist an ideologi on page 9

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
eracy) in't, can haurdly be a practical ane. It's symbolic, mair like on page 56

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
a coherent an practical policy designed tae encourage
intil practical reality.
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Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
glish can be uised for aa the practical wark. But ye canna pit Scots
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Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ho, at the’r only twa-three practical possibeelities.
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Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
airchin awa aheid, shoodert a practical cagoule wi mair pockets nor h
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Ahmad, Nyla How We Celebrate – scrievin prompt, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
rievin is scrievin that has a practical purpose ahint it, sic as reci
e used for. Ye can be totally practical aboot this, or ye can gie a w
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