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The word 'acceptable'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
acceptableOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.82621
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 2
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 15.8 12 9
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of acceptable in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
wae his BBC bosses aboot the acceptable density o Scots/Shaetlan in h
1 matches

Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
scran and then scarper. Is it acceptable to get changit in i car park?(2019)

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
t approach which is perfectly acceptable, they will nae doot have a nu (2021) twitter link

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
foo lang efter 9 is it still acceptable tae be e back o?(2020)

(South) East Central

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
de the boonds o whit's deemed acceptable bi whaever happens tae be dae
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
thinks he til hissel, it’s acceptable, an rins awa doun the peth an
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
“That wid be maist acceptable” came the reply.
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ed tae be complete, it became acceptable amang at least some o thaim t on page 60
tae ask theirsel gin this is acceptable in a modren democratic state. on page 128
uid a Scottish passport no be acceptable aroun the warld? The argiemen on page 143

3 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
it's no socially acceptable on page 16

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
alternative. Does this sound acceptable?' on page 57

1 matches

General Central

Hershaw, William Lallans 102 - Editorial: Jean Tamson’s Bairns, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
ters, souchs and spellins are acceptable as are aa subjeck maitters an on page 8

1 matches

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
horitie control wullnae be an acceptable reason fur no meetin ony new on page 33

1 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
urvival. It can nae langer be acceptable tae uise perceived difficulti on page 10

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ialect ava. Baith is mair nor acceptable for tae express in yer screiv on page 7
* Did ye get yer pieces? is acceptable; but is acceptit; but on page 29

2 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
this wis “slang” an no an acceptable wey tae
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
canna control “mainstream, acceptable” discoorse, we can brak int
that controls “mainstream, acceptable” discoorse the noo is sae f
2 matches

solonggaybowser Merlin's Bairns, (archiveofourown.org 2020) Central, prose
. She snokit his haun, fun it acceptable, an lat him claw her heid.
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
guid English, but owersettin acceptable staunart Scots intae acceptab
staunart Scots intae acceptable staunart English.
2 matches

@WhenDidADidny tweeted
abuse this guy got isny made acceptable because yi liked the people d (2018) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
@Nod641 Tae me, both are acceptable! When a was a wee laddie, tea(2020)