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The word 'oppression'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
oppressionOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.61210
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
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 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 10 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of oppression in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
ert o undoan cless an raecial oppression i the clessreum? Hou wad hid
1 matches

@HJosephineGiles tweeted
se really seem tae think that oppression isnae a system o socioeconomi(2020)

General Northern

Christie, Hilary Lallans 78 - Ma Freens in Chains, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, poetry
ae aa the fowk at trauchle wi oppression. on page 74

1 matches

(South) East Central

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
whiles be yaised as a tool o oppression.) The day, houivver, Scots da
1 matches

West Central

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
t iverthing we dae. It’s an oppression juist the same. We need tae g
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
chers bairns. Born n’ bred. Oppression wis the usual fer us. Ma firs
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
is just another instrument ay oppression utilised tae subjugate us aw! on page 10

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
is just another instrument ay oppression utilised tae subjugate us aw!
1 matches

General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
eriod perspective, o liberty, oppression an conscience. Efter that, ca on page 40

1 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
baith - ower brutality an oppression. on page 31

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Oppression on page 56

1 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
s contractarianism: it's agin oppression. Cannae spake for the day's L (2015) twitter link