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Use in varieties of Scots

ambition Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 4.6 4.5 9.9 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences159 3 1 0 2 0
Number of authors14 8 3 1 2

Occurrences of ambition in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ferent branches ae Arithmetic-Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, a on page 95

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
yae, but ah wis yince full ae ambition tae. Aye, that watch ae ma gr on page 19

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
e Adult Learning Statement of Ambition taks accoont o Scots language on page 7

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Mary Livingstone: Honour, ambition ... on page 35

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Robson, Frances Lallans 75 - The MacNificat, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
harn-guddled rich, birlin wi ambition,
1 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ince I cuid crawl my life’s ambition wis tae hae a dug for my very
Aa that is by the by, ma ambition wis tae hae a dug and eventua
2 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Ignorin’ ambition, tae heed conscience’s voic
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@EastScotlandFA yes the ambition is defo there for these clubs (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
An ma personal favourite oan ambition an gettin abeen yersel: "Ah, on page 7

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Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
moment his come ti fulfil the ambition o half a life-time!" on page 94

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@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
A puckle year syne my ambition, wi ma standard camera, wis t (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
oon tae wirk Then, fuelled bi ambition, gaed tae University. on page 68

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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
different branches o Sums - Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, a on page 93

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@StuartPoet tweeted
ermuirBooks Cannae wait, long ambition realised ???????????????? #Ba(2020) search twitter

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