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The word 'gov'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
govOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.93812
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 28.1 21 4
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 145.4 8 1

Occurrences of gov in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
Scots Leid Policy (http://www.gov.scot/Topics/ArtsCultureSport/
Scotland - https://education.gov.scot/
2 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
late this 'plunk yer chatrie, gov, the feekies and the hornies (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
ir wabsteid on http://www.ros.gov.uk that thair Profile Documen
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
n m8 - efter awe the way the gov n oor 1st minister is treatin (2020) twitter link
ats the problem though - the gov and the scottish fa in partic (2020) twitter link

West Central

@annieones tweeted
atchardCraig @antonymciver Uk gov were the real indoctrinators (2022) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ffeecial wabsite (https://www.gov.uk/ dual-citizenship): on page 142

1 matches

General Central

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
eenger Service (www.edinburgh.gov.uk/phrp). The Freends o The P on page 65

3 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
in modren Scots law (www.opsi.gov.uk). Thir texts gies us leivi on page 22
uff v. Strang (www.scotcourts.gov.uk/opinions/2008HCJAC04.html) on page 25

2 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
ion online at https://consult.gov.scot/education-reform/g aelic
e: GaelicAndScotsConsultation@gov.scot
r privacy policy: https://www.gov.scot/privacy/
the public at http://consult.gov.scot. Gif ye uise the consult
abuin or tae ConsultationPSC@gov.scot.
6 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
pace is NASA (http://www.nasa.gov) wi airtins for bairns (http:
bairns (http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov) alang wi maiter for collegia
eid (http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov) haes aw kin kynd o ken an wi
ion (http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/temp/StationLoc.html), an aca
ird (http://visibleearth.nasa.gov) taen fae space. In amang thi
8 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
d at http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html yokes intae
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
the press behind her and full gov autonomy fiscal and borrowing(2020)

General Ulster

DfC Press Offys Hargey sets oot Owersettin Hub, (Depairtment fur Commonities 2021) Ulster, government
e aiccessed at communities-ni.gov.uk/translationhub
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Ulstèr-Scotch at www.census.gov.uk/ni
Ulstèr-Scotch at www.census.gov.uk/ni
www.census.gov.uk/ni
1. Ga tae www.census.gov.uk/ni
www.census.gov.uk/ni
8 matches

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