A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

encourage Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words20 19 12.1 0 23.2 41.3 48.7
Number of occurrences6437 8 0 4 4 11
Number of authors35 20 7 3 3 2

Occurrences of encourage in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
This didnae seem tae encourage the witness at aw: he kept sh on page 109

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
he was feenished. Nodded tae encourage her tae scan the toilet-roll on page 1

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
,' Matilda said. 'She doesnae encourage readin books. And ma faither on page 10

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ments dinnae exist tae try an encourage health an happiness fer their on page 23
in oot o the box an tryin tae encourage dialogue wi awbuddie fer the on page 51

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
we will tak. We wad like tae encourage ye aw tae recognise the valua on page 1
ill heize an uphaud Scots and encourage its respect an recognition in on page 2
* encourage the increased yiss o Scots as on page 5
e document in weys whilk will encourage the yiss o Scots in developin on page 6
tae provide blogs whilk will encourage practitioners tae yaise Scots on page 7

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
I need nae mair ti encourage me, on page 15

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Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
k or hae spak it. Ah strangly encourage ye tae get onie sic norrie oo on page 3

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
tae ken whit can be duin tae encourage the transmeission o Scots fra on page 56

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
encourage confidence an mak learnin a c
practical policy designed tae encourage the leid an beild its
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Fairnie, Robert Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
nguage speakers but rather to encourage more pupils to become aware o
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Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
eral populace. Sich movements encourage the presumption that specific
r additional security, an tae encourage the clientele tae forage on t
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
present book is an attempt to encourage present and future readers to
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Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
oot political action. We maun encourage wir Scots-speakin politicians
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
e life that we haed. It micht encourage them tae gae outside an hae s
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
oorts an governments gaun tae encourage the estaiblishment tae forder
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
An thoo’d be the first tae encourage me, gin thoo got a smell o pu
ised that they were tryin tae encourage the ‘lad’ tae mak a brek
cht thing naither. That micht encourage him. Bit in ony case, he appe
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Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
orts o fowk wha are tryin tae encourage ithers tae tak tent o an valu
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
on aregular basis disna jist encourage, but forces social interactio
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
r platform. This wadna ainlie encourage the yaise o the languages but
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@jax6754 tweeted
e someone daily tae speak and encourage them! xxx(2015) search twitter
rprise phone call, a card tae encourage all priceless in ma books! xx(2015) search twitter
grateful tae hae you help and encourage me tae move forward and slowl(2015) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
gusMacNeilSNP (I'm trying tae encourage shy SNPers John ??) (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
r erse intae gear clark n ffs encourage the lads (2020) twitter link

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Iss didna seem till encourage e witness at all: he kept shi on page 107

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Robertson, Sine Lallans 58 - .. an the SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
be deein somethin tae help or encourage a that effort but A still hin on page 111

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Shepherd, Robbie Harknin tae the braw souns, (John Benjamin 2000) Doric, newspaper
y are daein their damnest tae encourage participation in oor music. M
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Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
* Encourage pairtnerships an wirkin thegi
* Encourage adult larnin centres tae offe
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Banff Academy Aiberdeenshire Bairns an Young Fowk’s Chairter , (GIRFEC 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
ot bullyin an discrimination. Encourage us tae be confident in fa wi
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Leslie, Deborah Bittie aboot oor Doric dialect, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Inverurie, blog
wi the youngir generation an encourage them te use their ain tongue
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@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
cher training. I’m trying to encourage Geography, History and Modern (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
Hit wis nae wye tae encourage a body ta start spaekin wi hi on page 44
seemed ta dö naethin ava tae encourage da witness: he keepit gyaain on page 112

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
tae encourage dee. But dat wis him. on page 84

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@tattooedselkie tweeted
Yell Yis, dey nivver used tae encourage it in da skules at aa! I fin (2021) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
This didnae seem tae encourage th witness at aw: hei kept sh on page 110

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@StuartPoet tweeted
eneuch. Hooanever, we hae tae encourage an heeze yon folk whae scriev(2020) search twitter

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
part of that group! This wid encourage us to develop the better unde (2021) twitter link
nlib a ken whit they did, wid encourage tae tear the Union apart fur (2020) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
This didnae seem tae encourage the witness at aal: hae kept on page 111

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
an' commonity selfconsait an' encourage respect fer ithers. on page 16
hitsel encourage a sense o' Ulster-Scots ident on page 43
Lear tae encourage an' facilitate the uise o' Ul on page 58
n the Depairtment o' Lear tae encourage an' heft the uise an' on page 59
hles bein saen es the wie tae encourage visitors, isnae bein' hefted on page 64
Also on pages 66, 672
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