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Use in varieties of Scots

approval Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.1 5.7 1.5 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1311 1 0 0 0 1
Number of authors13 11 1 1

Occurrences of approval in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
entin them tae ye's baith for approval afore yer drinks got poored, on page 76

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ald no likin her. Some folk's approval she wouldnae waant. on page 1

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
the old salt's gruff approval on page 50

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
He nods in approval at mah suggestion. on page 172

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
k like didnae meet wi general approval an their appearance on the pi on page 25

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
International an domestic approval for a synthetic Staundart Sco on page 56

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
wir youth as an expression o approval: ‘That’s pure gallus’!
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
er Office for Scotland speirs approval frae the Scots Pairlament an
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
doon deid. Raggle gruntit his approval, an they baith leuch. His gum
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
satisfied wae jist gittin his approval. The boay re-focuses his atte
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@bigandymccoll tweeted
es who are only vying fur her approval. Them, and the hopeless diddi (2022) twitter link

Doric

@72redz1903 tweeted
icFC Yir right, we dinna need approval, jist nice for these achievem (2021) twitter link

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
arin oot the windae, a hint o approval skinklin in hir enigmatic een on page 38

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