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The word 'promotin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
promotinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.61810
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 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 2
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.4 7 3
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 promotin in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
gh. Thoor daean a spot on job promotin the island identities o both (2021) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
- Promotin an supportin community weel-b
- Promotin weel-bein an providin fun an
2 matches

(South) East Central

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
darg o Bòrd na Gàidhlig fur promotin an growin Gaelic. It is richt
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ers haed thocht up new weys o promotin the Catalan language an cultu
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
ive Scotland' in relatioun ti promotin the on page 8

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
bi the ae aye-bydin ettil: o promotin Scottish leiteratur an cultur
h Airts Council in the 60s, o promotin new skreivin an encouragin th
2 matches

Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
ASLS (an educational chairity promotin the readin, writin, teachin a
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
us. Ane o the groups actively promotin the cause wis the Vigil for a on page 58
er the richts o minorities an promotin international peace an solida on page 79

2 matches

General Central

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
the importance o recognisin, promotin and developin the Scots langu on page 4
s specific responsibility for promotin a coherent approach tae the p on page 6

3 matches

McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
pairty that’s commitit tae promotin the Orthodox faith i schuills
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
welfare, public services and promotin social justice. Sae far did t
1 matches

Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ven monie o the fowk actively promotin the language the day faw inta
ce culture i their ain voice. Promotin the yaise o non-English langu
2 matches

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