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The word 'technique'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
techniqueOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.6129
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 technique in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
rie practice o da c2c crochet technique im no done afore. Maks up… h (2017) twitter link

(South) East Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
oetic culture in allusion and technique, he hes problems wi some genr on page 95

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
"Ach! It's a maitter o technique!" Cherlie telt him. "See's me on page 96

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West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
; that a skeely sophisticated technique alane hus the glegsome buoyan on page 100

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
orimer, he argies, warks wi a technique at maks sikkar a lealtie til on page 116

1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ecommend it as a motivational technique.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
his windae. It’s aw in the technique.
ay or attempt another throwin technique other than the wan described
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
roots tae steady himsel. His technique, lackin in grace as it is, wo
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General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
intil't an an unnerstaunin o technique. The ambeetion wi ony explana on page 9

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Him wi technique (gin that's Thy whim): on page 62

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South West (Galloway)

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Yir flash technique, on page 103

1 matches

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