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parliament Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words25.9 38 7.5 9.9 11.6 10.3 0
Number of occurrences8374 5 1 2 1 0
Number of authors36 31 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of parliament in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
methin aboot that. Fuckin new parliament. Aw that guff. Whit ae they d on page 1

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
pleased the Lord, the king's parliament in Embro decreed that hencefo on page 33

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
hings: cam secund best in the parliament prize on page 47

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
d wi the Vigil for a Scottish Parliament (1993-98) an screived Scotlan on page I
e of unlimited sovereignty of Parliament is a distinctively English pr on page 43
cottish Covenant cryin fer 'a Parliament with adequate legislative aut on page 52

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Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ash o finnin itsel wi its ain Parliament efter thrie hunner year, has on page 84

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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
tion o 1688, whan the English Parliament brocht in William o Orange fa on page 117
fae the bribes o the English Parliament, an there were riots aw acros on page 120
man appointit by the British Parliament an the maist famous o these w on page 121
ist. In June 1832 the British Parliament eventually passit the Reform on page 125

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Scottish parliament's first five years on page 47

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
www.scottish.parliament.uk/msps/cpg/cpg-scots.html on page 2
d Report (2003). The Scottish Parliament Education Culture and Sport on page 24

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
for nou we hae a parliament on page 21

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
wer the votes aw coontit, Wir Parliament formed, the right wing routit on page 4
ay, And form Constitutions up Parliament way. on page 42

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
self discriminated against by Parliament and betrayed by business and on page 69

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 58 - The Sang o the Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
hat at the apenin o the Scots Parliament, an MSP Cathie Peattie's bonn on page 77

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Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
feinisht the days o the Scots Parliament an its role as law-makar. Yit on page 22

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
The White Paper on Scotland's Parliament did refer to 'our cultural he on page 121

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Hae ye mind o the Scottish Parliament o 1485 that said the wul be a on page 91

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
etal characteristics on this "parliament of fowls". For aw that it's a
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
dentity, Burns haes given the Parliament a steer, as was demonstratit
t joco aboot the support that Parliament is noo giein tae Scottish Lan
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
https://archive.parliament.scot/business/committees/hist
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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
Meeting of the Parliament 06 November 2019
In this Parliament a couple o months syne, we me
ome tributary o this Scottish Parliament’s commitment, no jist in wo
r bringing this debate before Parliament today.
oup on Scots language in this Parliament. I have also had braw support
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
throu the Hous o Parliament,
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Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
anongate Wall at the Scottish Parliament.
anongate Wall at the Scottish Parliament.
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Deid huddies an the Moray Eel, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
te agin it whan it cams afore Parliament. Giein thirsels the comfort o
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Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
e that. An’ we’ve wur ain parliament noo anyways, an’ a’ the t
nald Dewer wha gi’ed us the Parliament- devolution or whitever ye wa
majority an be runnin’ the Parliament. It’s the last push, Andy s
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
"one of the first acts of the Parliament's Cross Party Group on the Sc
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
he Hoose o Haivers an A Scots Parliament. Researchers is ettlin tae pi
ertson, haes feinisht A Scots Parliament (Itchy Coo £6.99). It's aw w
een debated mair nor yince in Parliament There were further complicati
rmation....can be fund at the parliament's website."
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
an SNP member of the Scottish Parliament has tabled a motion asking fo
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Facebook link ( 2021) Central
n way as weel as huvin a free parliament. The king at the time, Charle
r him. He fell oot wi his ain parliament, went tae war wi them, lost t

Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
en our legislature. The Scots Parliament publishes a guide tae its wor
€˜The Brus’ (c. 1370) is ‘parliament’. This is faur the commones
‘Pairlament’, they say ‘Parliament’. Sae, whatna effect does t
Sign Language, descrivit the Parliament’s Scots publications as ‘
‘parcel o rogues’ in the Parliament o 1707 and siclike had never
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Fyall, Aitken Lallans 74 - Rabbie’s Retrospeck, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
An Parliament’s still chauvinistic.
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
Surfer @MrHarryCole Attacking parliament, we dinnae like it of course,(2020) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ist people first coalesce the parliament and nation woman ... with the(2020) search twitter
erHeroes we hope - bring oor Parliament hame(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
mannie spikin in SCOTS in oor parliament???? They've aye ben tellt ye (2022) twitter link
pretendy poll, in a pretendy parliament, by pretendy folk in a preten (2022) twitter link

@fairpechtoot tweeted
l media, in the workplace, in parliament... #openyerlugs https://t.co/(2019) search twitter

@pmcm1355 tweeted
ment, it's a Government and a Parliament, must be a richt riddy fir ye (2022) twitter link
QC @murdo_fraser The Holyrood Parliament thit hus a minority governmen (2022) twitter link
r's a mandate in the Scottish Parliament fir independence, thur's nae (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
Oan tae the Scots parliament. James Robertson has written (2020) twitter link
lt James Robertson's 'A Scots Parliament' is a guid example o non-fict (2018) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
truth and makin a mockery o' parliament. That fae a party wha hae lie(2021) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
es in groups of 6 or head for parliament and demand a drink lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Union an indeed the European parliament. Veesitors can lairn aa aboot on page 13
nce, sic as the the Norwegian Parliament, caad the 'Storting' an the ' on page 16

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@glenlivetloon tweeted
d more folks like yourself in parliament to start debunking the manure(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
bill gan through the Scottish Parliament tae pardon the weemen execute on page 34

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Da new Scottish Parliament, Holyrood on page 48

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Southern

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
e estaiblishment o a Scottish Parliament, the tyme haes shuirlie cum t
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