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The word 'supports'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
supportsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.22013
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of supports in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
enshire Cooncil speecifically supports engagement wi Doric in aa 3â€
ises an promotes diversity an supports Doric as pairt o this;
2 matches

General Northern

@AMaxwell54 tweeted
He's a chiel fae Arbroath fa supports spikkin an' scrievin ih Scots (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
Boyd supports the Don's the day then(2020)

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
e on the Hibs buiks, an still supports the Hibees, but that disna ge on page 123

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ton? or would u rather nobody supports ur team - btw whit wis the s (2020) twitter link
ball - no a chap like me who supports amateur football - they want (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
He wears a Donald Duck tie an supports Saint Mirren. Ah support Rang on page 34
im (even Nicola Gibson an she supports crappy Renfra Juniors). on page

3 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
earlier period o our historie supports the notion that this wis naet on page 61
t aw the joabs that the trade supports. Bairns gettin killit? Haill on page 122

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Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
l the wark is refraishit, the supports strak, an the brig laed ti st on page 25

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Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
licht ahint a series o widden supports an doun a stair that leads in on page 9

1 matches

General Central

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
* The Scottish Government supports as weel the application o the on page 2

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
aye supports yir team on page 48

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
rlann Nàiseanta na Gàidhlig supports pupils, teachers, an parents
ots Language Centre routinely supports an expertly cooncils, at requ
s professional development an supports materials for Scottish litera
3 matches

Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
emmers o pairties that openly supports an independent Scotland, thou
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