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The word 'volunteers'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
volunteersOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.71912
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
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
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 70 7 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of volunteers in Corpus

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: A Hamefarin hero, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
rnment said dey wir enrolling volunteers, no kidnappin dem.
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
vols!! Awards celebrate young volunteers | Shetland News https://t.co/(2016)

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
wid o had a hard time findin volunteers brave enough tae join a torch
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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
eecial Vigil site, an rotas o volunteers were set up tae mak siccar th on page 103

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Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
And her and aw, volunteers, retired, ony doctor passin b on page 137

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Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
rshire. getherin mair an mair volunteers tae their banner till, gin th on page 26

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General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
thaim that haes tried, sic as volunteers takkin throu hauns wi or edit on page 6

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
iss o Bruce an Wallace bi the volunteers efter 1859. Gauin throu the B on page 110

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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
end o the queue. The election volunteers wis thrang areddies, some wi
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Facebook link ( 2019) Central
Covenantin army, aboot 4,000 volunteers, wis near annihilated by Duke

@LairnScots tweeted
in thon app is contributit by volunteers that are usually native speak (2020) twitter link

South East (Borders)

The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
nd oor awfi lucky that oo hev volunteers whae take oan sic an importan
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General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
heft an' appreciate thair volunteers. Forebye thon hit maistly mea on page 39
thaim rely oan volunteers an' onie yin (RSPBA) hes onie on page 43
bae volunteers. The Boord o' Ulster-Scotch b on page 45
. The festival kep' gaein bae volunteers fer twennyfive yeirs hes stap on page 64

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