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The word 'passionate'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
passionateOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.177
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 passionate in Corpus

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Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
nt is that you are incredibly passionate and knowledgeable about what (2018) twitter link

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
cademic, makar an, abuin aw a passionate Scot, is hauden bi monie fowk
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Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
ngs is a collect o lyrical an passionate luve-poems whaur assonance an on page viii

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General Central

McClurg, Fernando Review: O is for Hoolet, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
articulate, engagin, funny an passionate advocate for Scots, an it is
1 matches

South East (Borders)

@officialAliRed tweeted
wit, his muckle hert, and our passionate debates. Here’s tae ee ???? (2019)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
tions. You were dead helpful, passionate, encouraging & straightfurrit (2021) twitter link

General Ulster

HRConnect Candidate Wittens Beuklet, (Northern Ireland Executive 2025) Ulster, government
n an inspirin'boadie wha baes passionate aboot maakin the on page 4

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