A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'encouragin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
encouraginOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62113
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.4 7 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
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 42.2 3 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of encouragin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
a heeze tae an support Doric, encouragin the respeck an recognition o'
- Encouragin links atween generations an l
s in Aiberdeenshire an ootby, encouragin ither skweels tae tak it up a
ion Scotland an SQA websites, encouragin sharin
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Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
ist stid ere lachin, clappin, encouragin em. I didnae think att wis on
1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Here's the problem wi the trad wife muivement, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
sm an the gender pey gap, nae encouragin it. An, that is exactly fit t
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
s, o promotin new skreivin an encouragin the studie o Scottish leitera
1 matches

Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
is negative, but some wis gey encouragin an positive. I jist wunner wh
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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
pt growin. An his success wis encouragin ithers. The gamies were findi on page 85

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General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
ong an' kind an' positive an' encouragin' an' thoct ye wur the bee's k on page

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
e's a photie o Britney Spears encouragin folk tae read behind him. He on page 39

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
encouragin tae learn that in a wheen pri
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
can mak a differ tae society. Encouragin the continuation an developme
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
r Scots on a regular basis by encouragin ane anither tae speak it. Thi
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@LairnScots tweeted
s a common misconception that encouragin a wean tae yaise Scots will m (2019) twitter link
s://t.co/362ApMi7Gc Great fir encouragin yer lairners tae figure oot w (2018) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
This was no an encouragin openin fur a conversation. Ah on page 42
e," th Mairch Hare said in an encouragin voice. on page 66

2 matches

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
e main political division sae encouragin' an' maakin wor' the politici on page 15
adeetions model an' ettled aa encouragin' mutual respect an' tae susta on page 16
d. Facilitatin' an/ir encouragin' uise o' regional ir minoriti on page 57

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