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The word 'sectors'
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Use in varieties of Scots sectors Occurrences normalised per million words Occurrences Authors
Dialect map - Usage over time
Total Corpus 4.1 13 9 ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
13.1
4
2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
11.9
1
1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
46.4
1
1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
21.2
2
1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
4
3
2
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
28.1
2
2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)
Occurrences of sectors in Corpus
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the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.
Mid Northern A
Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry , (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
he toun hid bin sinderit inno Sectors , warssled oot frae Meikleburg
". Fowk traivelled atween the Sectors o the toun, bit reasons maun
son an veesit aa the Cultural Sectors in Texas . . . I've ayewyes h
3 matches
Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo , (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
roops wint back tae their ain sectors .
1 matches
Aberdeen
Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce? , (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
production will be ane o the sectors that cams oot o this unscathe
1 matches
North East Central
Heather, Alistair Trains approachin? , (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
n skilled warkers intae their sectors . Ae muckle barrier tae wark w
1 matches
Dundee
McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit , (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
o dissent amang the creative sectors o Scotland directit agin whit on page 74
we hae oor fishin an fairmin sectors , the warld-wide whisky trade, on page 133
2 matches
General Central
Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o , (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
al government an ither public sectors .”32
1 matches
Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation , (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
ependencies forby athort thir sectors thit support ane anither an p
ot enterprise activity an hou sectors sic as employment, health, ho
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
ey involved the stairt o' new sectors /scuils quyhles the Ulster-Sco on page 26
1 matches
Depairtment fur Commonities Hargey announces heidwie oan plens fer Airish an’ Ulster-Scots , (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
’ culture an’ Airish leid sectors . Baith penels wur axed tae br
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