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Use in varieties of Scots

welfare Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.9 9.4 3 0 5.8 0 3.9
Number of occurrences2319 2 0 1 0 1
Number of authors14 10 2 1 1

Occurrences of welfare in Corpus

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Central

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
at the likes o Lochore Miners Welfare in the late '60s an 19708 the on page 23

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e the defence, prosperity and welfare of every citizen'. In whit un on page 24
are ettlin tae dismantle the Welfare State an haun ower the wealth on page 52
The NHS An the Welfare State on page 93

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
We'd stoap at the Welfare tae hear the craic, on page 83
We met in the Welfare, made out a list, on page 84

2 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
the panel. The Panel wis the welfare system o The Gorbals Story. I
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ago. They stoapped ma money. Welfare reform they cried it, sais th
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“I can only assume that Welfare takes the view that he’s a
“Welfare is concerned,” sayed Mrs Bo
“You never know what powers Welfare have these days,” Balvinder
Pandit. “He’s the head of Welfare’s Eastern Sector - he’ll
cs committee wad hae cried in Welfare an telt thaim tae bring a str
6 matches

McClurg, Fernando Indytwa?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
an aw that that means for the welfare state, tredd union richts, ci
1 matches

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
Industries were nationalised, welfare spendin gaed richt up, a walt
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ndence as a means o protectin welfare, public services and promotin
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
tranent game on and whitehill welfare on as well ( pitch that has n (2020) twitter link
oda won this one - b oan the welfare (2020) twitter link

Doric

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
vvery wye; wages, hooses, the welfare state wi faimily allowance an
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
the decline in amateur fitba, welfare fitba - there are much wider (2022) twitter link

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
erie selkie. After a seamless welfare mission, it's in da best plac(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
ther for tae hae a yarn aboot welfare... http://t.co/I4ldGjZKsJ (2015) twitter link