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Use in varieties of Scots

expectations Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.5 5.3 4.8 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1410 3 1 0 0 0
Number of authors11 7 3 1

Occurrences of expectations 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.

Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'Great Expectations,' Matilda read, 'by Charles D on page 9
k, Matilda had finished Great Expectations which in that edition contain on page 10

2 matches

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
ctitioner and local authority expectations o support for Scots in scuils on page 7

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
ezin is proceedin conform tae expectations,' said Hoolet in a helpfu mai on page 134

1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
GME whan settin oot national expectations an activities aroon scuil ins
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
hud a lot ridin oan that, the expectations ay ma maw an granda at the fo
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
suits the expectations o
fowks expectations,
their expectations
3 matches

McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
he SNP wad be glaikit tae lat expectations get oot o haund, an gae in wi
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
GREAT EXPECTATIONS on page 15

1 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
* Create mair awareness o the expectations an opportunities related tae
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
eich aboot Dons’ fans unreal expectations and fit a wonderful job Mcinn (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
When aal o me great expectations blew up in me face like dust. on page 31

1 matches

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