A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

ambitious Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 3.6 6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences117 4 0 0 0 0
Number of authors9 6 3

Occurrences of ambitious in Corpus

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Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
rson who hus any right tae be ambitious. Ah'm no the smartest or the on page 90

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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
owever there wis at least ane ambitious attempt tae build on the 76 r
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Lehane, Matt Gif I was, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
gif I was ... the unco ambitious lik jobbies wad hae the prope
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Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
details are lost, for sic an ambitious wark o airt the cells are gen
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
rs haes aw stairtit layin oot ambitious plans for media platforms i t
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@jax6754 tweeted
azier #AGiftADay This is defo ambitious but a lovely resolution. I'm (2015) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ndyLassie @Douglas4Moray His 'ambitious plan' probably consists of Do(2020) search twitter

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ain flat. He wis hard-wirkin, ambitious an leal; bit kinno blate wi w
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
tae-day rubbish an a few mair ambitious an interestin articles.’
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@72redz1903 tweeted
it’s one thing tae give an ambitious, inexperienced Glass the job, (2022) twitter link
s loon. Talented, articulate, ambitious wi a strong sense o civic pri (2020) twitter link

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