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Use in varieties of Scots

encouragin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.2 6 8.9 0 0 20.7 15.5
Number of occurrences2412 6 0 0 2 4
Number of authors15 9 3 1 2

Occurrences of encouragin 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

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
ong an' kind an' positive an' encouragin' an' thoct ye wur the bee's k on page

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Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
ons fur the ettlin o enablin, encouragin or acressin parteecipation in on page 43
Scots leid and developin and encouragin Scots culture. on page 47

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McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
that friendly grin eh his, aw encouragin like. on page 7

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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
pt growin. An his success wis encouragin ithers. The gamies were findi on page 85

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
encouragin tae learn that in a wheen pri
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
s, o promotin new skreivin an encouragin the studie o Scottish leitera
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Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
is negative, but some wis gey encouragin an positive. I jist wunner wh
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
can mak a differ tae society. Encouragin the continuation an developme
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
r Scots on a regular basis by encouragin ane anither tae speak it. Thi
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@LairnScots tweeted
s a common misconception that encouragin a wean tae yaise Scots will m (2019) twitter link
s://t.co/362ApMi7Gc Great fir encouragin yer lairners tae figure oot w (2018) twitter link

Doric

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
a heeze tae an support Doric, encouragin the respeck an recognition o'
- Encouragin links atween generations an l
s in Aiberdeenshire an ootby, encouragin ither skweels tae tak it up a
ion Scotland an SQA websites, encouragin sharin
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Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
ist stid ere lachin, clappin, encouragin em. I didnae think att wis on
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Uri, Antonia Here's the problem wi the trad wife muivement, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
sm an the gender pey gap, nae encouragin it. An, that is exactly fit t
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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
This was no an encouragin openin fur a conversation. Ah on page 42
e," th Mairch Hare said in an encouragin voice. on page 66

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Ulster

HRConnect Candidate Wittens Beuklet, (Northern Ireland Executive 2025) Ulster, government
(i) Heftin an' encouragin' the apt leid, airts an' scre on page 4

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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
e main political division sae encouragin' an' maakin wor' the politici on page 15
adeetions model an' ettled aa encouragin' mutual respect an' tae susta on page 16
d. Facilitatin' an/ir encouragin' uise o' regional ir minoriti on page 57

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