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The word 'ambitious'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ambitiousOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.4119
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 6.7 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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of ambitious in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ain flat. He wis hard-wirkin, ambitious an leal; bit kinno blate wi w
1 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
tae-day rubbish an a few mair ambitious an interestin articles.’
1 matches

@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

West Central

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
1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Gif I was, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
gif I was ... the unco ambitious lik jobbies wad hae the prope
1 matches

General 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

1 matches

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
1 matches

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
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
azier #AGiftADay This is defo ambitious but a lovely resolution. I'm (2015)

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

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