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The word 'improvement'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
improvementOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.4119
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 5
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 improvement in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
gh for Glass, a great deal of improvement can come fae getting the seni (2021) twitter link

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
hite/blue - its certainly an improvement on the rusty mess it was befo (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ver present hint that aw sic 'improvement' cam thru England. This wey o on page 98

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Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Improvement’s whit we’re aw’ aboot,
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Glasgow

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
nd one for what could do with improvement. But remember, they have to h on page 7

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General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
nd one for what could do with improvement. But remember, they have to h on page 22

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
n ma top half would o been an improvement. Even though Cathy knew that on page 39

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Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
Nithsdale, had seen a muckle improvement in hill pasture frae skailin on page 17

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
hard-neckit and heich-haunit "improvement." on page 69

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
der ideas sic as enclosure or improvement. Ilka intry on page 129

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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
rtunities they see for system improvement. Wi regaird for the pairts o
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