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The word 'optimism'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
optimismOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.487
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of optimism in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
night wis lippan wi a sense o optimism aboot Orkney dialect, a wides
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n syne an unexpeckit feelin o optimism rose inside Jack as he pushed on page 96

1 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
me. It's tae be admired, his optimism, ah suppose. on page 23

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
brimmin wi the confidence an optimism ay a nourished life. on page 3

2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
go up it, it wis either blind optimism or a blatant lie. The only wa
1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
owk wis luikin forrit wi mair optimism than they had had for years. on page 11

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Scots optimism on page 186

1 matches

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