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The word 'impressive'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
impressiveOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72922
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 31.5 3 1
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 4
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 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 impressive in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
behind an the biggest, maist impressive knockers he'd ivve, clappit e on page 60

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Leuks rale impressive, eh?" she said, thrustin oot on page 29

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Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
across ane o Valencia's maist impressive attractions - the City o Air on page 3
squibs that get mair an mair impressive ivery nicht uptae the the 17t on page 4
but the gairdens are nae less impressive. on page 17

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General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
The castle wis an impressive place sittin on a big rock, r
ater. Nae only wis the castle impressive bit the wak alang the shore w
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
bonny, aye a affa impressive show. Fin Jonsar Eck waulked
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Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
wi a wee ceilidh – a maist impressive 3-D reel, played oot agin the
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@72redz1903 tweeted
quality - but - Stewart was impressive, new lad at left back did wel (2022) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Affa impressive display fae the Aberdein fans(2017)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
een him sae impressed, or sae impressive; he scanned the fields an tou on page 77

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Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ame wi Davie and a copy o his impressive pedigree.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
h June) managed to produce an impressive number of inaccuracies about
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@DavidJWood2 tweeted
er new there was something so impressive there before the present one.(2020)

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
encapsulatioun is aften verra impressive; in fack, an objeck lesson i on page 116

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Edinburgh

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
the comparison tae Scotland's impressive history o inventions. Whilst
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
a an’ Manchester United! An impressive C.V. in onybudy’s reconinâ€
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Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
, starts daein a bunch ay mad impressive stuff oan it, gives it back w on page 3

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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
oft, eggshell emulsion above. Impressive stained gless windaes meet ye
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Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
ed by the Queen efter his gey impressive feat o bein the first chield on page 14

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General Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
usiness directories, and it's impressive but it doesn't impress him. H on page 15

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Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
yer conversation? Nou 'at is impressive - A says tae masel; in ma he on page 4

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
The maist impressive discovery in whit wis jist a on page 20

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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
k yesterday wi a series o gey impressive, hooever depressin, victories
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Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
t the cells are generally gey impressive. Saltire hissel could easily
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
case in pynt, as weill as the impressive range o gressruits organisati
new war o position, but it is impressive whit haes awready taen place
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@jax6754 tweeted
nLoop @musselburgh2016 Pretty impressive that a found this copy. An it(2015)

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