A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'sqa'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sqaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.63210
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 32.8 25 5
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sqa in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
Excellence senior phase, the SQA offers twa courses, the Scott
ard fae Education Scotland an SQA websites, encouragin sharin
ould be gaein tae offerin the SQA Scots leid award and related
3 matches

(South) East Central

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
s through schemes such as the SQA award boosts the self-belief
1 matches

McFarlane, Ishbel Maun we mak new wirds fir a chyngin warld?, (The National 2020) Central, newspaper
n Leid qualification frae the SQA. As pairt o thon airticle A w
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
e'r nae need tae gaun tae the SQA tae ken that three richt oot
1 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
ts Qualifications Authoritie (SQA) brocht up wirries that the d on page 14
Public buirds sic as the SQA greed that clarification is r on page 46
and scrievin can be yaised in SQA qualifications in English and on page 50
t, Education Scotland and the SQA. Sicweys, there is mair nor  on page 58

6 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
cots Qualification Authority (SQA) developit the Scottish Studi
it tae an supportit athin the SQA's National Qualifications for
lka year an different fae the SQA's awards. Thir awards wis fur
in wi Education Scotland, the SQA, an a wheen o ither education
4 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
ItÂ’s on the cairds tae be an SQA exam an aw.(2018)

@fairpechtoot tweeted
languages, or as pairt o the SQA Scots Language Award! https:/(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
SQA Scots Language Award: A teach (2021) twitter link
es and sites that support the SQA #Scots Language Award? Click (2020) twitter link
nixt year, subscribe tae the SQA Scottish Studies blog here: h (2020) twitter link
er English) as weel as in the SQA Scots Language Award (2020) twitter link
cademy tellin us aw about the SQA Scots Language Award #Scots # (2019) twitter link
and 8 other occurrences.

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
ndmcclure @ColinBurnett16 The SQA are ontae it aaready Alan, be(2020)