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The word 'authorities'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
authoritiesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus50.616818
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 43.4 7 3
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 185.2 141 9
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 130.1 13 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of authorities in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
adoption, bit bi dat time da authorities telt dem dey wir ower aald, a on page 12
rink at da time - in fact da authorities wis been planning ta tak da b on page 44

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General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
rkers come fae numerous local authorities. Aiberdeen a different case (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
(1) Educatioun, (2) Judeicial Authorities, (3) Admeinistrative Authorit
, (3) Admeinistrative Authorities an Public Sairvices, (4) Medi
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
o emailed all the appropriate authorities would like to comment - ps i (2020) twitter link

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
. But he jouks caiptur bi the authorities (did he predick sik trauchil
1 matches

Edinburgh

Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
support or fundin fae public authorities or the government. A thocht t
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
eac committed the murder, the authorities wid pit the blame o’ compli
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
sayed the younger man. “The authorities will be in touch with you any
Rongye wis juist a bairn. The authorities did that fae time tae time. T
reportin a deid corp tae the authorities aroon here? He wis aboot tae
cud get through tae the richt authorities, somebody bude tae be in touc
,” he gaed on, “there nae authorities. There the warlord-imams, ilk
5 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
better sense as tae hoo local authorities and ither public buirds athor on page 3
ction 4 o the Bill gies local authorities the pouer tae designate pairt on page 12
ilitie bein placed upon local authorities and on page 14
financial incentive fur local authorities tae encourage sic designation on page 15
uik and feel like athin local authorities whaur there is fewer Gaelic s on page 16
Also on pages 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61
123 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
uif, Inspectorate o 1845, the authorities stertit tae ding doun the Sco on page 60

1 matches

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
policy while supportin local authorities, pairtners an individual inst on page 6

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
be liftit for disposal by the authorities at the side o the road alang on page 18

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
is follaed wi a buik-leet o authorities sib tae the subjeck an, whaur on page 130

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ndrie Tourist Buirds an local authorities. Haurdlie a case o "no partic on page 121

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
bears on education, judicial authorities,
administrative authorities an public services, the media
Equality Guidance for public authorities on their obligations under th
3 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
There a wheen local authorities an organisations thit pit a v
an chyngin the duties o local authorities wi regaird tae GME
public groups an authorities mak claer commitments tae whi
the contributions fae public authorities an groups an especially oor w
ic. The Bòrd kin haud public authorities for tae pit thegither a Gaeli
5 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
ae lat on for fear o the kirk authorities. This is whit wey the’r no
venticlers on the run fae the authorities cuid see ower Eaglesham muir
2 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
The authorities wur fed up pittin up wi us an

@Chazzbat tweeted
helpless an abandoned by the authorities. It's disgustin(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
though it disnae go oan. Some authorities still hae a twa week holiday (2019) twitter link

General Ulster

HRConnect Candidate Wittens Beuklet, (Northern Ireland Executive 2025) Ulster, government
new identity an' leid authorities provided fer in the new the I on page 4
8 maks hit needfu' fer public authorities in cairryin oot thair daeins on page 39

7 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
* Quhan public authorities unnertak public realm waarks on page 9
aa bae the apt government laa authorities tae mak' siccar at they faa w on page 25
ots settlement ir leid public authorities shud on page 52
ervices at ir gien bae public authorities in Norlin Airlan. on page 59

6 matches

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