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The word 'enjoys'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
enjoysOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.81916
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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 28.1 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of enjoys in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
hitsel, enjoys a cummel. Hit's a still on page 31

1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
el! Such a pest. I'm blyde du enjoys it though(2021)

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
!!! Thank you! ?????? hoop du enjoys him, dad is still baffled dat(2019)

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Weers troosers ~ enjoys a career Feeds her man on fis on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
el, thirty nine ~ Kemnay area enjoys DIY, cooking, horse riding, w on page 52

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"She enjoys't fine an they're nae aul enu on page 35

1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
wantit a present. Ah hope she enjoys it." on page 41

1 matches

(South) East Central

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
an tae her because Ah ken she enjoys me makin the effort, ah ken s
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
bein miserable, since he enjoys bein a miserable scunner. on page 106

1 matches

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
He enjoys the soond o his fitsteps in t on page 9

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ertain areas where Glaswegian enjoys a full an rich vocabulary-ain on page vii

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
hen it hits six o'cloack, she enjoys dinner, actually tastes the f on page 3

2 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Probably enjoys the thrill ay it; takin a spi
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
Sae he enjoys-an can be gled W1 pepper when on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
enjoys freedom o thocht and speech,
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
’ll be Nicola Sturgeon that enjoys her Christmas denner mair nor
1 matches

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
tatus es a national minority, enjoys hit's fu' richts an' protecti on page 6
tatus es a national minoritie enjoys hit's fu' on page 57

2 matches

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