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The word 'efforts'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
effortsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.95131
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 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 28.1 11 5
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 1
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh 50.2 8 4
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 21.4 16 12
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) 88.3 1 1
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 efforts in Corpus

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
in benefitin fae my gaerdenin efforts d'day. I winder if he aets sl(2013)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n his een as he redoubled his efforts. on page 33

1 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
nise an celebrate the bairns' efforts an successes in Doric larnin;
1 matches

Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
h love them...in awe of their efforts xxx (2022) twitter link

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
r o villagers tae help wi oor efforts an set up the nearest path at
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
are poor. Look at some o the efforts in English Premiership, fucki (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
uld friend. Ah appreciate yur efforts tae show me there's another w on page 23
e opportunity tae step up his efforts tae brek this perr bastard. on page 108

2 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
e inspired bi the thocht that efforts to produce warks in a languag on page 97

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
athigether, tho, 20th Century efforts at improvin on traditional sp
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
we startit tae coordinate oor efforts. We decided no tae conduct on
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
future and thanx for all your efforts with the scottish womens nati (2020) twitter link
wds in at least for all there efforts (2020) twitter link
going over n above with there efforts fir the cause - as ever - r (2020) twitter link
e icing on the cake after the efforts clubs have put in lately - i (2021) twitter link
is well deserved for all your efforts johnnie - and enjoy ur weeke (2020) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
ak an Inglis innin til ma awn efforts. It is ti be howpit that this on page 3

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
n follaes throu bi tracin his efforts as editor o ‘Scots Reviewâ€
programme. Amang signeificant efforts i the studio maun be his coon
2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ivvery day, despite the fran efforts o the MSM. The remerkable Win on page 50
enous tungs, despite the best efforts o the Gatekeepin classes. on page 60
the tax system fairer. An sic efforts will hae the bonus o creatin on page 148

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
re, he stood his grund an his efforts at quietenin things doun had on page 127

1 matches

Edinburgh

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
tient. The day, as a result o efforts tae bring Cornish back frae t on page 107

1 matches

Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
thanks tae the community’s efforts tae raise mair nor £200,000
It’s community-driven efforts tae repopulate cleared laund
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
at her as if tae say that her efforts didna mak nane. He made some
sin, for aa Iskander’s best efforts tae guide him. They sclaffert
makin byordnar conversational efforts, she thocht. He wis really de
3 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
In spite ae ma best efforts ah cannae find a single soul
any ae their pish. But aw ma efforts prove tae be in vain. Truth i
2 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
, dogged it. Aw the big man's efforts huv been in vain n it's writt on page 58

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
the usual fuckin Roman lookin efforts ye’d expect. They’re they
1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Mair efforts gone intae me plannin ma wake on page 12

1 matches

Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ontentit wi the ootcome o his efforts fur he set the paittren o the on page 59

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
generation tae the neist. Aa efforts tae win heicher goals are fut on page 56

3 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
doon tae considerable efforts by sindry organisations an in
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
man’s a sodger’. For oor efforts we war thankit an gied a puck
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
wir efforts
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Scots, the Electoral Commission an the language community, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
oor language ootside activist efforts. The Creative Scotland langua
1 matches

Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
wadna wish tae ding doon the efforts o fowk wha are tryin tae enco
it I am siccar are weel-meant efforts at biggin up thir leids. But
2 matches

McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
allied hersel tae tredd union efforts tae resist the warst effecks
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
yeez huv won,despite Oor best efforts at Hampden reception.Openin h(2019)

@OliphantWullie tweeted
tae hae 2* & a wish fir their efforts, then so should WE!!! (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
tc, but despite ma superhuman efforts @dundeeunitedfc managed tae l(2020)

@ThonJacobite tweeted
result of the BRITISH Army's efforts'. Whit army dis he think wid (2021)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Hume, David The Aldfreck Coalmining Disaster, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ballycarry, poetry
at the odd bits o coal their efforts squeezed
1 matches

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