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The word 'debates'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
debatesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.4117
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 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 3
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of debates in Corpus

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(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@stevie27boyo aye av seen ur debates brian - ww3 on here - am gl (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
haes a close parallel wi the debates durin the Irish Revival, whan on page 108
a fair size), but for aw the debates that we hae aboot spellin an on page 109

3 matches

General Central

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
elike alternative tae aw thir debates is the conceit o Scots bein a
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
In 2011 an 2012 the war fell debates whan the UK government cawed
stration, political ideas, an debates, an wis weel estaiblisht in t
2 matches

Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
n the tither, even mair angry debates aboot hoo the SNP is tryin ta
uk forrit tae experiencin new debates in a Scotland that, shairly a
2 matches

South East (Borders)

@officialAliRed tweeted
ckle hert, and our passionate debates. Here’s tae ee ???? https://(2019)

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
ns irnae apt tae bae vocal in debates. on page 40

1 matches

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