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election Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words27.8 41.6 7.5 9.9 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences8981 5 1 1 0 1
Number of authors29 21 5 1 1 1

Occurrences of election in Corpus

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
, fae the Nith tae the Tweed, election's near here an the kintra has on page 77

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
AE doot that the result o the election cawit bi Theresa May on 8 Jun on page 7
ckarties! Gip there's anither election in the short term, the wey th on page 8
May had nae need tae caw this election: she did it fer her whit she on page 10
t wi ane anither an the neist election looms sometime soon that furt on page 11
d at the 2015 British general election wuid hae meant somethin, bit on page 28
Also on pages 30, 58, 101, 104
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McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Soond shift, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
red bi dire warnins afore the election an strange daeins on the day on page 49

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Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
cast o the 1997 U. K. General Election wuid hae been unner each diff
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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
d ti the end o the queue. The election volunteers wis thrang areddie
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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
hae taen place in the General Election o 195 9, when I cuid feel the
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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
e, meisurable ootcome fae his election, Trump wis able tae sinder hi
laithsome. He turnt the hale election intae a ane-question referend
no wan bit. They're stuck wi election as self-image, democracy as f
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Deid huddies an the Moray Eel, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Afore the election, the Scottish Tories haed mak
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Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
r the May Scottish Perliement Election. Boffin gadgies wi white lab
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
er and Argus on the day o the election (Seturday 10 Aprile). Ane o t
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Horsbroch, Dauvit The Embra Greement, (Scots Language Centre 2012) Central, government
election. Sheed 125 o PPERA sets oot t
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McClurg, Fernando Indytwa?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
er), we hae haed a UK general election, a Scots Pairliament election
, a Scots Pairliament election, an the EU referendum – wi
t even hae anither UK general election suiner nor we thocht as weill
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Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
we hae a guest post aboot the election frae James Puchowski, English
wer the lest year. As tae the election, I think there are sum clear
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
oo dreich an predictable this election wis gaein tae be, we’ve hae
tate o the pairties efter the election. We’ll hae sum mair detaile
s haes noo won a record third election in a raw (whit wis that, Dode
airty haes taen at a Halyruid election afore, an is confirmed as by
ae pass their budget, anither election wad be cawed an the Scots, ha
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Widmann, Thomas The State o Denmark, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
through lest week’s general election i Denmark. Thomas blogs at ht
There wis a general election (or a Fowk’s Thing walin gi
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McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
grups wi the eftermath o the election.
screive an airticle aboot the election. But whaur tae stairt? The sc
tin tae try an leuk in on the election an its eftermath through frem
A week efter Brityn’s election, there is growein unrest i th
renment itsel achieved at the election) is bein set i place, restric
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McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
On the day afore the election, some thochts frae McClurg, F
ntae ma keyboard acause o the election bein the morra an i response
I dae noo an again) aboot the election.
uple o years for this or that election disna mean that we leive in a
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Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
The UK General Election is awmaist upo us, but we ken
tly pollin 2% for the General Election to hae sic public support an
SNP seem to hae this General Election lockit-in, as they say. In so
kin at the polls, the General Election i Scotland is beginnin to loo
his flutter aboot the General Election an the Lunnon establishment c
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McClurg, Fernando The Potemkin Pairty, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
the result o their leadership election back i December?
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McClurg, Fernando The Great Divide, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
y nor o leukin tae his ain re-election shaws the chynge i that city:
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McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ando taks a leuk at the Greek election, an whit micht ligg aheid for
tin tae settle frae the Greek election, an fowk athort the wurld is
Spain, Podemos. Wi a Spanish election due afore the end o the year
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
In May we’re haen a General Election an mair than ever Scottish vo
icantly influence the General Election result.
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
d an polls are puttin General Election votin intentions wi the SNP w
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McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
d. The figurs for the General Election nixt year is as follaes, wi t
m tae Holyrood, but syne that election is sae faur awa, it seems bet
se, the nearer we get tae the election, the media narrative an Labou
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Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
time Scottish Labour lost an election in Scotland fir near saxty ye
gland an sae a Labour General Election victory wad hae tae come fae
ocialism it aince wis and the election o Jim Murphy as Scottish Labo
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Wallace, Lorna A Scot’s Lament fur her American Fellows (Oan their election of a tangerine gabshite walloper)., (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2016) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Efter the election drama,
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Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
id. Wi aa the current General Election ongauns there’s advice oan
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
e sky called him@home between election and inauguration?!(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
obly remember, as I do, Blair election in 97. I cried masel tae slee (2022) twitter link

@pmcm1355 tweeted
's got nuthin tae dae wi this election wi'oot ye stertin it tae, c'm (2022) twitter link
esscot Eh, naw. Thur's bin an election & thur's a mandate in the Sco (2022) twitter link

Doric

Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
ies, as indicated the earlier election stages, for some o us micht h
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
ah can get info aboot General Election? if anely they were spiking a(2015) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
refreshing aboot CNN oar this election was the way they called thing (2020) twitter link

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
ever...?? Maybe just skip the election and make her the new Presiden(2020) search twitter

@JamesAmcvean tweeted
ie hasn't resigned after that election disaster...but then again he (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
iesaetion? Hoo tae dance? The election, the sit-in, the mairch? Her on page 71

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Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
homophobe wha’s standin fir election spikkin on da wireless https: (2021) twitter link

Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
te the #UlsterScots tae their election pairty doon Alloway Kirk: hoo (2015) twitter link