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The word 'adoptit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
adoptitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.21412
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 11.8 9 7
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of adoptit in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
llins yaised in Scots an haed adoptit the staundart English orthogr
1 matches

West Central

Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
tionaries. Abuin aw, they hae adoptit positive policies, wi a wee b
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
int theirsels better wi their adoptit hame. They set aff fae Auld R on page 25

1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
as suin as the role wis adoptit on page 49

1 matches

@johnstone_shane tweeted
er heard ae it but it's get'n adoptit. (2020) twitter link

General Central

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
2011 the Scottish Government adoptit manifesto commitments on the on page 2

1 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
ed Scots as the langage o her adoptit community, a soorce o identit on page 8

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
n proper, Staunart Inglis was adoptit be voluntary langage shift, i
1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
l an Monaghan, an the dialect adoptit by speakers o Ulster Scots wh
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
en)’. Glamour, although noo adoptit by English, wis bein yaised i
tae a savins bank, wis widely adoptit in puirer industrial district
2 matches

Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
Adoptit and proclaimed by General Ass
Assemlie o the Unitit Nations adoptit and proclaimed the
2 matches

Widmann, Thomas The State o Denmark, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
, but the ither pairties haes adoptit their xenophobic policies tae
1 matches

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