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The word 'entertainment'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
entertainmentOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12622
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 20.5 8 6
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 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 entertainment in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
There's lots o entertainment and there's prizes won each d on page 29

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Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
o spend a bit now and then on entertainment and leisure activities. But t on page 35

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Mid Northern A

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
ti gyang ti some function or entertainment o his Combine Harvester Compa on page 94

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
fourth Vodka Volcanco fin the entertainment cam on: a flurry o furlin fol on page 15

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Shepherd, Robbie Harknin tae the braw souns, (John Benjamin 2000) Doric, newspaper
uple o poun for a fower oors' entertainment is jist nae on compar't tae a
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
hinese acrobatics i nicht fir entertainment. Asked I bar quine fir a fite(2019)

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
e generations gaun tae de for entertainment an of coorse the
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@cligeey tweeted
p shop credit ti Hamilton for entertainment(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Fittie Bar, need some decent entertainment rather than yon Hungarian boa(2016)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
days, you've a choice o worse entertainment. Forby, twa things intrigued on page 76

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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
entit regularly for brilliant entertainment an for hot winchin sessions a
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
rmed at a variety show by the entertainment staff. Ye’ll hear ‘no pro
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Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
watching the wrestling wis an entertainment in itsel. He wid get quite an
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
communication as weel as for entertainment purposes?
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
late n ur pairt o the onboard entertainment lol (2020) twitter link
d a big thanx from me for the entertainment in both matches - b oan (2020) twitter link
e amateur fitbaw family n the entertainment was 1st class - b oan (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ps. An Hsien wis providin the entertainment. He had yin o the lang gullie
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Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
he caravan the noo, until the entertainment starts at six. We've been coo on page 1

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
purvey look on, glad ae some entertainment. It's lit a Christmas skit. ' on page 1

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General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
f's evil ploy, and no for its entertainment value, cause he could tell th on page 142

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
lan, but ah miss them fur the entertainment value - even if Granny wis t on page 85

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
tered doon and the comedy and entertainment side o the play wis takkin ow
ect to various deductions for entertainment, the expenses or trouble of t
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
Whan at ane time fowk needed entertainment or even simple tasks sic as g
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
rly shows there is demand for entertainment expressed, gin no i braid Sco
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