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Use in varieties of Scots

formal Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.4 24.2 3 29.8 11.6 0 22.1
Number of occurrences5947 2 3 2 0 5
Number of authors23 18 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of formal in Corpus

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Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
switched instantly tae wan o formal silence. Mr. MacNeil inspecte on page 39

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
till take folk who don't have formal qualifications ~ the most imp on page 169

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
in Scotland fowk wis neither formal educate or steert tae write i on page 6
lf-can in mony o us tae write formal like for airticles. The factu on page 7
cots wisna walcome as pairt o formal education tae grees o fowk by on page 8
* Formal tae-the-pynt langage on page 9
Formal, parteeclar langage on page 11
Also on pages 19, 28
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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
in formal clumps on page 31

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Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
o a leid fur tae scrieve doon formal documents or in which tae hau on page 4

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Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
things to say anent MacCaig's formal, pre-vers libre poetry, but h on page 95
ble til folk athoot extensive formal schuilin, gie them the nugget on page 97

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Fairnie, Robert Thochts o Speakin Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2001) Central, prose
ntie tryin tae speak Scots in formal or e'en in informal forgaithe
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
t in the context o no haein a formal teachin structure.
addressed the issue o want o formal
aterials, want o awnin in the formal
the formal education system.34 This is p
4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Burnsian git thegither wi nae formal speeches or tradeetional addr
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gov.scot Biggin a strang future for Gaelic an Scots, (Scottish Government 2022) Central, government
nd, but haesna benefittit fae formal support throu legislation, an
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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
langage haesna benefittit fae formal support in legislation an wi
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
baith in general acause o the formal register, an in parteicular a
-Reformation genres likes o a formal cursing o Border reivers (see
2 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Houaniver, writers at follaes formal English syntax like this disn
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
t o the informal an intae the formal airts, it's best chance maun
ational Scots in public or in formal seetiations the day, isnae li
t o the informal an intae the formal airts the same wey it wis for
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Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
siderable body of distinctive formal Latinate diction which [Scots
1 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
channels tae consult, proper formal consultation, whaur you, the
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
" in the hoose an "polite" in formal situations, shuid pit a tick
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
antin tae soond a bittie mair formal we’d whiles drap them in ab
l haed stertit keepin its ain formal register o gaitherings an ena
€™s Hoose, Embra, an gree’d formal like the grunlaws for the ref
3 matches

McClurg, Fernando Scots, the Electoral Commission an the language community, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ein Scots wrutten doon i mair formal contexts, they wadna get that
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
aw signed up as maimbers. The formal ettles o the group haes aye t
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
ae: the maist formal o aw. There’s a guid litera
guid fur informal forby mair formal registers. (It’s the ane A
y, and is frequently heard in formal settins, sic as in the Scots
3 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
jee’d oot by English as the formal leid o the Scottish state.
efter bein owerthrawn as the formal leid o the kinrick monie cent
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@OliphantWullie tweeted
t ye cannae spik SLANG in ony formal situation !!! Gaun yirsel Bil (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
in the North-East is baith a formal leid... an an artistic leid.. (2020) twitter link

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
past, A didna wint tae mak a formal compleent, gin he cud only st
1 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
* Develop a formal pairtnership wi Tobar an Dual
1 matches

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Tae thee, or no tae thee?, (Brisk Northerly 2020) Orkney, blog
n going way beyond the cowld, formal ‘you’ and ‘yours’; th
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
ng – includan even the most formal o news broadcasting. There’
ssional expertise in scrievan formal material in Scots.
2 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
as you, unkan fokk, in formal situations, etc). Standirt En on page 55
StE an da lack o ony formal teacheen in Shaetlan, it's la on page 80

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Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
n place in the curriculum an' formal studies. on page 6
* A formal professional mediation proces on page 7
an' formal studies. Thon wul tak' in: on page 22
* A formal professional mediation proces on page 32

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