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Use in varieties of Scots

authorities Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.4 14.2 1.5 0 11.6 0 26.6
Number of occurrences3728 1 0 2 0 6
Number of authors16 13 1 1 1

Occurrences of authorities in Corpus

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Central

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
policy while supportin local authorities, pairtners an individual inst on page 6

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Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
be liftit for disposal by the authorities at the side o the road alang on page 18

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
is follaed wi a buik-leet o authorities sib tae the subjeck an, whaur on page 130

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ndrie Tourist Buirds an local authorities. Haurdlie a case o "no partic on page 121

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
(1) Educatioun, (2) Judeicial Authorities, (3) Admeinistrative Authorit
, (3) Admeinistrative Authorities an Public Sairvices, (4) Medi
2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
. But he jouks caiptur bi the authorities (did he predick sik trauchil
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
bears on education, judicial authorities,
administrative authorities an public services, the media
Equality Guidance for public authorities on their obligations under th
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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
There a wheen local authorities an organisations thit pit a v
an chyngin the duties o local authorities wi regaird tae GME
public groups an authorities mak claer commitments tae whi
the contributions fae public authorities an groups an especially oor w
ic. The Bòrd kin haud public authorities for tae pit thegither a Gaeli
5 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
ae lat on for fear o the kirk authorities. This is whit wey the’r no
venticlers on the run fae the authorities cuid see ower Eaglesham muir
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Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
support or fundin fae public authorities or the government. A thocht t
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McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
eac committed the murder, the authorities wid pit the blame o’ compli
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
sayed the younger man. “The authorities will be in touch with you any
Rongye wis juist a bairn. The authorities did that fae time tae time. T
reportin a deid corp tae the authorities aroon here? He wis aboot tae
cud get through tae the richt authorities, somebody bude tae be in touc
,” he gaed on, “there nae authorities. There the warlord-imams, ilk
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Facebook link ( 2021) Central
The authorities wur fed up pittin up wi us an

@Chazzbat tweeted
helpless an abandoned by the authorities. It's disgustin(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
though it disnae go oan. Some authorities still hae a twa week holiday (2019) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
o emailed all the appropriate authorities would like to comment - ps i (2020) twitter link

Doric

@72redz1903 tweeted
rkers come fae numerous local authorities. Aiberdeen a different case (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
adoption, bit bi dat time da authorities telt dem dey wir ower aald, a on page 12
rink at da time - in fact da authorities wis been planning ta tak da b on page 44

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Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
* Quhan public authorities unnertak public realm waarks on page 9
aa bae the apt government laa authorities tae mak' siccar at they faa w on page 25
ots settlement ir leid public authorities shud on page 52
ervices at ir gien bae public authorities in Norlin Airlan. on page 59

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