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commitment Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.5 24.7 3 0 0 0 13.3
Number of occurrences5348 2 0 0 0 3
Number of authors20 17 2 1

Occurrences of commitment in Corpus

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Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
he Unity yiss o Scots leid an commitment til radical themes hid a last on page 39

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ae their sey. Houanivver, the commitment o the Vigil tae decide awthin on page 104
ried tae keep up some level o commitment, an sittin on yer lane bia st on page 107

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
acher wuid think better o his commitment tae bein the Hermit unner sic on page 87

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
thae obligations an ideals wi commitment unner the terms o the Chairte on page 19

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
Scottish Government manifesto commitment. Alang wi the manifesto commi on page 2
ottish Government's manifesto commitment includit the establishment o on page 6

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
d its uiss in sindry settins. Commitment tae siccar status wis promise
paragraph contains a commitment tae increased fundin
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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
this Scottish Parliament’s commitment, no jist in words but in much
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gov.scot Biggin a strang future for Gaelic an Scots, (Scottish Government 2022) Central, government
A commitment for tae mak siccar the lang t
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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
wantin in thir maitters, the commitment on a Scottish Langages Bill k
turn aboot, gaun ower the key commitment an thae ither commitments thi
ther or no the Gàidhealtachd commitment shuid hae hits heidmaist focu
mmunities. Alang wi this is a commitment tae hae focus on hinnerin lan
n Scotland, the ettle wi this commitment wull be for tae consider whit
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
sful but merked the stert o a commitment til Scottish writin that depi
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Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Eh, a commitment ah couldnae get oot ay.’ ah
. .’ he sais, ‘your only commitment’s tae me.’
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ainin places", forbye makin a commitment tae uphaudin ither languages
servatives makit nae specific commitment tae a Language Act but promis
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
n o thair characters an thair commitment tae thair sports. He shaws an
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Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
ome skill or at least some ‘commitment’fer that. An commitment wis
’fer that. An commitment wisnae ma’ strong suit at t
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Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ne Labour showed their lack o commitment tae Hame Rule in 1912, there
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
slation pairt o its manifesto commitment efter a peteetion wi 10,000 s
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Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
pairt’) but, o coorse, the commitment o mairriage.
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@g_hibby tweeted
e rush these things.. Ye need commitment... ?? (2023) twitter link

@WhenDidADidny tweeted
o aw 200 people on the plane. Commitment to patter at 3700ft is impecc (2018) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ssure u it great to c all the commitment from all the local clubs in t (2021) twitter link
to see u guys again - pace n commitment n quality oan the park as eve (2020) twitter link

Doric

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
Ministerial statement gies a commitment tae gie a heeze tae the profi
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@72redz1903 tweeted
a means to an end. I have nae commitment tae the SNP, I wid love Scott (2020) twitter link

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
oor individual an' collective commitment tae oor identity bae maakin a on page 4
at hit meets oor commitment tae excellence an' hoo hefts on page 29
instruments es wus a renewed commitment tae the follaein plen based o on page 59

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