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The word 'approve'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
approveOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus31010
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
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
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
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 approve in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
r hoped afore, becis he didna approve o imagination.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
n heard o Jeeves, an he widna approve o his ongyans." on page 94

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
rmless pleisurs, tho he didna approve o them.
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
raw the worlde in. Geddes wid approve. (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
ot her hillwalkin, they'll no approve eh her leavin us, Sam says. ' on page 7

1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ent rendition that Cathal wid approve ay this, this pure expression on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
s haein the richt tae name an approve acause it wis thaim that haed
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit The Embra Greement, (Scots Language Centre 2012) Central, government
for the Scots Pairlament tae approve whit fowk gets tae
1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
Renwick didna approve o Argyll an taen naethin tae

@ThonJacobite tweeted
books fae the man. Ah dinnae approve o buying fae Amazon so ah'll (2020)

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