A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'majority'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of majority in Corpus

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
s in ither firms o Scots, the majority o the wark at’s gien afore
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Shetland

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
hat’s right. Daily. For the majority o the near 31,000 days she’
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Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce?, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
ots produce, this summer, the majority o oor diets are gaun tae cons
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The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
sel. I am een o’ the silent majority fa is happy tae let ither fol
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General Northern

North East Central

(South) East Central

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ce, in a hale new wey. See, a majority o Yes Voters are different pe
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
t in Jamaica. An although the majority o Scots arrived in Jamaica af
ae learn the languages of the majority folk o other cultures gies ye
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ut nane in Scots, the current majority hamelt language o Scotland. A
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West Central

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
hought that the SNP wid win a majority an be runnin’ the Parliamen
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Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ent tae win an anti-austerity majority o European govrenments. Gin w
lism, we maun win a Socialist majority across Europe
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@annieones tweeted
, yea wur superseded by a yes majority. (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
had been opposed by the vast majority o fowk in Scotland ither nor on page 120

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Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie The dingin doun o devolution, (Mak Forrit 2020) Central - Edinburgh, blog
thaim amang us — a healthy majority, I dout — that believes in
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
cht, and it wis gree’d by a majority that rattons wis feres. Theâ€
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
every possible direction. The majority ae thum withoot even the comm
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Glasgow

Ayrshire

General Central

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
that ‘ithin a generation a majority o residenters is like tae be
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Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
hoo the SNP nae langer haes a majority, an therefore haes nae mandat
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
The SNP haes tynt its majority, but the ongaein implosion o
cunnert tae tyne their oweraw majority i Halyruid, an ye can bet tha
haein growed yaised tae their majority ower the lest five year.
at haein jist missed oot on a majority, as they’ll no be boonced i
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McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
tentions o the new richt-wing majority govrenment. Efter defyin mont
n a pairliament wi nae oweraw majority, an a slicht lead for the bra
by takkin a warkable govrenin majority i the Hoose o Commons. While
Wi a legislative majority i the Commons an a weak an le
and’s 59 MPs, as weill as a majority i the Zkots Pairliament in Ed
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McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
FPTP, whaur pairties can get majority control on a minority o votes
y o votes. Or, even wi a smaw majority o votes, gets disproportionat
o their memmers as weill as a majority o the turnout tae haud strike
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Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
NP could be lookin at anither majority wioot needin a single list MS
SNP, but they’ve got their majority sortit, ye can vote for whaev
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McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
t Syriza fawin jist short o a majority micht complicate things. They
he pairliament that wad mak a majority whan eikit tae Syriza’s tot
either o thaim faws short o a majority, as leuks increasinly likely,
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
independence as Glesca had a majority that voted Aye. The streets t
r, the empty windaes were the majority. It was also statit that Aye
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
n; as, indeed, dae the muckle majority o European leids. English is
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
unter He hausna an canna ca a majority i a likelihood an it winna si(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
wi impunity. An it is fer the majority.(2020)

@pmcm1355 tweeted
mandate fir independence & a majority o Scotland's MPs tae https:// (2022) twitter link
Parliament wi a 80 seat tory majority where if wan o thum breks the (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
on You know you dinnae have a majority in Scotland? (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
overnmental een, aye. Fir the majority but, it's never been awa an b(2020)