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The word 'approved'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
approvedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.31110
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of approved in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
orries an wir takken them tae approved middens. on page 84

1 matches

(South) East Central

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
nguage board, was unanimously approved, tae acclaim. I was happy tae
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
they are approved. Fur them it's fine
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
A think Burns hissel wad hiv approved o this particular 'gentle dam
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ur enquired oan, turned ayr, approved ay "Here huv a shot ay this," on page 3

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
auld Tammas saw, an silently approved. on page 26

1 matches

General Central

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
e open insteid o in a kirk as approved by the government. If caught

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
the open an nae in a Kirk as approved by the government. If caught

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
ty wee unner-the-seat Ryanair-approved rucksack intae the hold fir m
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
was it. Granda Ramsey wud hae approved o the harp. on page 35

1 matches

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