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The word 'optimistic'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
optimisticOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.41110
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
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 optimistic in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Fur her optimistic flutter on the weekly Lottery on page 39
Big Bert wis optimistic, "Ah'm sure he'll rally soon. on page 56

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Bittie aboot oor Doric dialect, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Inverurie, blog
currently in motion, Ah feel optimistic aboot the future o oor dialec
1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
ye want tae play for. Feeling optimistic (slightly) (2022) twitter link

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ae the hearts m8 - tryin 2 b optimistic for a better second half! (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
e ma pleas fur furgivness and optimistic assurances that hings will be
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
The guys' optimistic opportunism is wanin on page 53

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General Central

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
r, that some o ye micht finnd optimistic comes fae my Ayrshire backgru on page 6

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Soviet and Irish drama – An Optimistic Tragedy, by Vsevolod Vishnevs
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@billykayscot tweeted
zqSue @joao_kay A bittie mair optimistic than that - gin ye endure, y(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
our that it michta been a bit optimistic (dare A say stupit?) tae go a
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