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The word 'enthusiasm'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
enthusiasmOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.52418
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 3
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 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 2
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 1
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 5
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 enthusiasm in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
k twa dizzen back. There's no enthusiasm left - I think wir lost the on page 65

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Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
r skin an Darling's scunneran enthusiasm. "Thoo disno unnerstaan." on page 111

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Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
ank you aal fur yir continued enthusiasm and cheer and welcome tae wur

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
, lookin forward wi even mair enthusiasm ta dis year's castin, an dan on page 94

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ane fir excessive displays o enthusiasm; an naethin short o the 'Seco on page 58

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
vver," Ah said, wi'oot muckle enthusiasm. "Ah'v telt ye afore, Ah jist on page 50

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(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
nk back now then ah reckon ma enthusiasm in leapin tae his defence mig on page 70
h came along here wae much - enthusiasm and high hopes ae pullin. And on page 167

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
tenin tae see the pleisure an enthusiasm that awbody involved seemed t
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
is the spirit/the support and enthusiasm is infectious at this club - (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
licht o flickerin torches the enthusiasm fer the idea biggit up, an at on page 103

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
eh've got mare enthusiasm than Murray Walker. on page 114

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Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
his curiosity sparkit aff her enthusiasm.
trice wis obliged tae express enthusiasm for this charmin nory.
ld be,” she agreed wi’oot enthusiasm.
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Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ll them, wioot a hale loat ae enthusiasm tae begin wi, an early versio on page v

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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
de’s face drap at ma greedy enthusiasm fur his wine gies me a wee bi
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ly unimpressed wae ma buoyant enthusiasm but gestures wae his fingers
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General Central

Anderson, Elizabeth Lallans 59 - OBITUARY : ALISTAIR TAYLOR 1928 - 2001, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
certs, inspirin ithers wi his enthusiasm. on page 4

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
y and sae it is wi particular enthusiasm that we walcome the RPS. A ma on page 16

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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
r discussions there wis braid enthusiasm for Scots tae be gien mair re
As set oot abuin there braid enthusiasm for Scots for tae be gien mai
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Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
nt Scotland. I unnerstaun the enthusiasm ahing the SNP’s successes,
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McClurg, Fernando The Potemkin Pairty, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
muivement, a genuine popular enthusiasm, an unbridled an lairgely unm
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