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The word 'expectations'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
expectationsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus62012
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 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 17.1 13 6
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 expectations in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
When aal o me great expectations blew up in me face like dust. on page 31

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
GREAT EXPECTATIONS on page 15

1 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
* Create mair awareness o the expectations an opportunities related tae
1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
eich aboot Dons’ fans unreal expectations and fit a wonderful job Mcinn (2021) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'Great Expectations,' Matilda read, 'by Charles D on page 9
k, Matilda had finished Great Expectations which in that edition contain on page 10

2 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
hud a lot ridin oan that, the expectations ay ma maw an granda at the fo
1 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
that these wull then set the expectations fur whit local authorities an on page 31
a cleir idea o whit possible expectations they can hae in relation tae on page 36
e the profile o Scots but the expectations o the Scots communitie as wee on page 59
incluides praisent statutorie expectations and associatit spend and graw on page 61

6 matches

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
ctitioner and local authority expectations o support for Scots in scuils on page 7

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
ezin is proceedin conform tae expectations,' said Hoolet in a helpfu mai on page 134

1 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
GME whan settin oot national expectations an activities aroon scuil ins
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
suits the expectations o
fowks expectations,
their expectations
3 matches

McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
he SNP wad be glaikit tae lat expectations get oot o haund, an gae in wi
1 matches

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