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referendum Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words47.8 78.1 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences153152 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors19 18 1

Occurrences of referendum in Corpus

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ae need tae caw fer the Bexit referendum: he did it thinkin o his ain on page 10
even a burger van? The Brexit referendum coverit up the fack that ther on page 11
tae the kintra's independence referendum o 2014, an help tae mak sicca on page 16
tical pairties durin the 2014 referendum campaign. On 24 January 2017, on page 102
E RUN-UP tae the Independence referendum in September 2014, me an ma g on page 125
Also on pages 126, 138
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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ens the Swiss haed a national referendum no lang syne anent shuid thay on page 4

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
n the rin-up til the proponit referendum on Staunin Free, wul nae dout
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Clark, Thomas Mindin on Willie McIlvanney, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Bellshill, blog
ces campaignin durin the 1979 referendum, when Scotland's greatest lee
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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
election intae a ane-question referendum; whit are we gonnae dae aboot
an fushionless soondbites, a referendum still means somethin. It's a
ch the thing we leuk for in a referendum is the process raither than t
e oor days the way we did yon referendum - as if everythin we did had
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Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
o fowk as votit "Aye" in the referendum - which micht be a coinciden
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Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
cam oot for the Scottish indy referendum o 2014.
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Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ue is this o the independence referendum, eh? Just when ye think yer w
e hid a wee blether aboot the referendum, which had been the last time
n o the wird 'RAGE' until the referendum. The pure, unadulterated ange
Ah felt pyne durin the referendum anaw. Readin "The Vow" wis a
chynge ma desire for a second referendum, kennin this. But ah'm awaur
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Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
want tae live here aifter the referendum, no in a country that, tae me
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Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
because o’ the Independence Referendum. It didnae cause the division
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
zens votit for hame-rule in a referendum held in 1979, the nummers wis
te ay. At the hinnerend a new referendum wis held in 1997 an 73% votit
wi a pairty pledge tae haud a referendum on a freestaunin Scotland. In
e Scots Government tae haud a referendum an syne threapit that wad hae
oushie. The bill for haudin a referendum gaed ben the UK pairlament an
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Horsbroch, Dauvit The Embra Greement, (Scots Language Centre 2012) Central, government
Scots Government anent a referendum for a
Scots Government anent a referendum for a freestaunin Scotland
wirk thegither an see that a referendum for a freestaunin Scotland ca
haes baith gree‟d that the referendum shuid:
that allous a referendum wi ae question aboot a freest
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McClurg, Fernando Indytwa?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
wk are makkin aboot an airlie referendum an whit Brexit micht mean for
Syne the referendum, the Aye campaign haes lairge
ospectus. Gin an whan anither referendum is cawed, I wad expeck sic a
irliament election, an the EU referendum – wi cooncil elections noo
ns, even assumin that anither referendum wis sanctioned by the UK govr
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Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
fortnicht o the independence referendum campaign wis the news, braith
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McClurg, Fernando Scots, the Electoral Commission an the language community, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
McClurg, Fernando on the EU Referendum Scots votin guide.
it a Scots version o their EU Referendum votin guide. As a maitter o f
ist past, or the Independence Referendum, for instance).
uin 2016 we’r awa tae hae a referendum on the Unitit Kinrik’s memm
A referendum pits a question tae voters. F
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Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
haes nae mandate for anither referendum. Na. That’s no whit wey it
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Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
med at durin wir independence referendum, the auld lee, that the foond
affcome. Ower the heid o the referendum the zealous Loyalist Davidson
option B.” The anes in the referendum, the anes that bides in beeze
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
o the Yes campaign. Afore the referendum, the Yes muivement wis braide
l no be boonced intae anither referendum they dinna ken they’d win.
win. Biggin taewards anither referendum i the nixt pairliament taks s
ae shift opinion. We tynt the referendum. We need a better offer an a
we maun aw muive on frae the referendum, the emergence o this new, st
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McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
muivement i Zkotland, whaur a referendum tae seceede frae the UK wis n
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McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
SNP, Green, SSP. We tynt the referendum, but no oor radical potential
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
e year efter the independence referendum could see fowk big on the foo
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
assin, the dowie gloom at the referendum pairty I wis at whan it becam
wer 2014, but the haill o the referendum campaign – engagement, curi
s awready taen place syne the referendum itsel. A new daily paper, The
haes grown stranger. The pre-referendum buzz an excitement haes been
campaign in the independence referendum. The city centre wis buzzin w
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Macdonald, Ileene Fit’s it aa aboot?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ein dampened or droont by the referendum result, it haes actually teen
a cause – energised by the referendum. Somehow despite losing the w
ence has been borne oot o the referendum process).
least audible voices but the referendum chynged that. The austerity p
played their pairts durin the referendum campaign but syne there his b
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McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
% i the snell eftermath o the referendum: this is a consistent pattren
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Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ys, the Scottish Independence Referendum wis a fecht fir the political
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
casions. Ower aften durin the referendum campaign the wurds “I’m a
ae the cultural aspecks o the referendum campaign, in particular whit
ce on its delivery. Efter the referendum, it is the responsibility o b
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@pmcm1355 tweeted
e o Scotland decide tae hae a referendum then the People o Scotland ar (2022) twitter link
cernit, noo it's time fir the referendum based oan thon mandate. See t (2022) twitter link

@annieones tweeted
list? Yous said you'd stop a referendum & now Gove is saying ye canny (2021) twitter link
list? Yous said you'd stop a referendum & now Gove is saying ye canny (2021) twitter link

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@72redz1903 tweeted
happen in the build up tae a referendum (2022) twitter link