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The word 'valuable'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
valuableOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.71916
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 5
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 valuable in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
apital an sud be taen on as a valuable commodity wi da sam value as on page 9
tinkeen at English wis a mair valuable language as Shaetlan. on page 15
structure. Hit's ivvri bit as valuable as ony idder language idda wi on page 16

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Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Een o da maist valuable subjects is dat o Human Avoid
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Mid Northern A

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
support Scots, recognise its valuable heirskip an promote its popul
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
in the breedin season, sic a valuable beast that the fermer fed him
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
astren culture, it is a richt valuable an relevant text.
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Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
was going tae tak up a lot o valuable drinking time, so I suggested
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
sickness absenses cos a wis a valuable employee lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
er 6, ‘Theatre’, is verra valuable, kis Scott’s plays ir nou a
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Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
strate that the owner of that valuable property … can sleep a sing
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Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
pooer - which wad certes be valuable, wantin fossil fuels - they
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General Central

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
n if I lost one, they're that valuable - it wasna as bonny as a rai on page 3

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
urage ye aw tae recognise the valuable heritage we hae in the Scots on page 1

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
never kythe. It's muckle mair valuable tae hae the offeicial backing on page 56

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
rk on the Scots leid, while a valuable asset, is inconsistent, antri
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Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
mind, the Saltire comic is a valuable addition tae contemporary Sco
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ss, this is whaur the yaise o valuable Scots amang the hauders o cul
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