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The word 'unemployment'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
unemploymentOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.4148
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of unemployment in Corpus

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North East Central

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
rash an the decline o fishin. Unemployment is a huge issue. The nummer o
1 matches

(South) East Central

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
ome social problems caused by unemployment, an the escape intae drugs th
1 matches

West Central

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
investment, brings aboot hie unemployment, an aften gars govrenments ra
spendin were yaised tae fecht unemployment, pensions an benefit peyments
an monetarism – the yaise o unemployment tae control wadge increases â
3 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
vailable fir work tae get his unemployment benefit. By goin’ tae Colle
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Or folk frae unemployment’s pool,
1 matches

General Central

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
er fowk, is that they bide in unemployment bleck spots in former minin c on page 7

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
words, they were in receipt o unemployment benefit; as we micht say noo
h pey desk ‘pay desk at the unemployment office’; parish inspector â
prevent fraudulent claims for unemployment benefit’.
3 matches

Widmann, Thomas The State o Denmark, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
hat willna juist mean heicher unemployment benefits an better pensions â
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
few fock wuid bei i receipt o unemployment benefit an makin ends meet, a
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
warl than this? Aal I mine is unemployment an rationin frae yin war til on page 27

1 matches

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