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The word 'amateur'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
amateurOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus32.610612
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 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 246 97 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 amateur in Corpus

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South Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caw, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric - Stonehaven, prose
e like as tae say,”S’this amateur hour?” Still anaw we hop up
1 matches

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
I'm just an amateur at my best on page 15

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
tae Nairn tae see the British Amateur
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
mair broadly, the decline in amateur fitba, welfare fitba - there (2022) twitter link

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
me whit a dab hand he wis at amateur jynerin an hou he invied me t on page 98

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
, it's gittin uizual tae hear amateur reciters an actors ca'in a tr
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
right oot the windae for the amateur game after there decision - (2020) twitter link
am chappin at the bit for the amateur game gettin started again! (2021) twitter link
d swally oan the touchline at amateur fitbaw - a try tae avoid tha (2021) twitter link
@OfficialSLFL @KeltyHeartsFC amateur football teams can play 3 gam (2021) twitter link
on leitch and the fm give the amateur football community an explana (2020) twitter link
and 87 other occurrences.

Glasgow

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
aken tae heart that goes: 'An amateur is a professional who didn't on page 7

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ur in the van, gien it aw the amateur dramatics - inaudibly, right
1 matches

General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
His wirk wis aye presentit bi amateur companies - aften o great sk on page 37

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
odel o the London Unity. Five amateur groups got thegither: the Gla
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
whae, accordin tae yin amateur genealogist, Morvin Wricht, w
1 matches

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