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Use in varieties of Scots

elite Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.9 10.3 0 0 5.8 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2220 0 0 1 1 0
Number of authors11 9 1 1

Occurrences of elite in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e Edinburgh's self proclaimed elite. Ah suddenly realise that wha on page 53
ah figured oot what gave the elite their power, eh? it wisnae th on page 91

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
eirsels as Britain's naitural elite. The tulzie atween Cameron an on page 41
hat considerit theirsels the 'elite' in Scotland apein the manner on page 60
roblem o hou the metropolitan elite in Westminster see the warld. on page 77
n stupidity o the Westminster elite anent Europe his shown us cle on page 102
in else amang the Westminster elite needs tae ask theirsel gin th on page 128

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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
brocht tae licht michtie new elite settlements and airtit oot Pe
ed us rare evidence that some elite Pechts were drinkin Mediterra
2 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ture yoursel’, yin o’ the Elite,
1 matches

Lehane, Matt La Le La Le La Iron Mountain, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
tae the legislative elite
the armoury o the capitalist elite
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Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
a see nae end i sicht tae the elite stitch-up an jist want tae sh
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@MartinBroon tweeted
eded,which means the European elite will be watchin,& OK translat(2020) search twitter

@RickHJohnston tweeted
perialist mentality of the UK elite. Ben Wallace's comments aboot (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
w - mind you these so called elite players are so saft its no re (2021) twitter link
n_Pacey its amateur m8 - the elite game of football u will ever (2020) twitter link
@libertine95 the elite teams in rugby are getting a (2020) twitter link
r sayin is give us a goal - elite fitbaw players ma erse - a r (2021) twitter link
w family - grassroots fitbaw elite - b oan brothers! https://t. (2021) twitter link

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
Turns oot woodcut tools ir da ELITE fir neep carvin (2020) twitter link

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
yonks, a can see those fuckin elite cabals dae that tae us since (2020) search twitter