A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'ensure'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ensureOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.81913
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 2
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of ensure in Corpus

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Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
cusations of parochialism and ensure your succession to Uppity, it on page 35

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
nk Leave yer address an we'll ensure Twa bags o the finest farm ma on page 15

1 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
tae ensure he is broonin on page 54

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce?, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
fairm shops is a braw wey tae ensure that ye are getting a local p
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
This seems tae ensure that the mood ae the night re on page 78
site. Hopeless endeavours tae ensure that folk like me never git t on page 86
a hands acroass his mooth tae ensure the blasts ae hate he's litti on page 163

3 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
a Gàidhlig has been able tae ensure for its scrievers an sangster
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
VoW o 2014: 'the UK exists to ensure opportunity and security for on page 24
ial an ethnic differences tae ensure that even eftir kintras stopp on page 27
in Parlie , set up tae try an ensure nae clear majorities, the sNP on page 28
es are aye gangin upwards tae ensure mair profit), the railways an on page 137

4 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
Or sorcery. A doctor maun ensure on page 112

1 matches

General Central

Hershaw, William Lallans 102 - Editorial: Jean Tamson’s Bairns, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
ss the Scots Language and tae ensure forby that Scots is recognise on page 5

1 matches

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
pularity in social media. Tae ensure sustainable cultural growth f on page 3
* Education Scotland will ensure the implementation o the Adul on page 7

2 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
education resoorces. We wull ensure tae thit Sabhal Mòr Ostaig g
1 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
side. Sounds like he wants to ensure our best chance. I'm open to (2022) twitter link

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
ould give clear direction and ensure the actions in the next five on page 5

1 matches

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