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The word 'commitment'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
commitmentOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus18.46122
ORK - Orkney
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 18 7 3
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 44.7 34 12
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 commitment in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
Ministerial statement gies a commitment tae gie a heeze tae the profi
1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
a means to an end. I have nae commitment tae the SNP, I wid love Scott (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
this Scottish Parliament’s commitment, no jist in words but in much
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ainin places", forbye makin a commitment tae uphaudin ither languages
servatives makit nae specific commitment tae a Language Act but promis
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
n o thair characters an thair commitment tae thair sports. He shaws an
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
slation pairt o its manifesto commitment efter a peteetion wi 10,000 s
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ssure u it great to c all the commitment from all the local clubs in t (2021) twitter link
to see u guys again - pace n commitment n quality oan the park as eve (2020) twitter link

West Central

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
ome skill or at least some ‘commitment’fer that. An commitment wis
’fer that. An commitment wisnae ma’ strong suit at t
2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ae their sey. Houanivver, the commitment o the Vigil tae decide awthin on page 104
ried tae keep up some level o commitment, an sittin on yer lane bia st on page 107

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
acher wuid think better o his commitment tae bein the Hermit unner sic on page 87

1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Eh, a commitment ah couldnae get oot ay.’ ah
. .’ he sais, ‘your only commitment’s tae me.’
2 matches

General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
he Unity yiss o Scots leid an commitment til radical themes hid a last on page 39

1 matches

Freeman, Fred Lallans 102 - Burns, Hamish and Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
were in their passion for and commitment tae tradeitional Scottish mus on page 58

1 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
thae obligations an ideals wi commitment unner the terms o the Chairte on page 19

1 matches

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
Scottish Government manifesto commitment. Alang wi the manifesto commi on page 2
ottish Government's manifesto commitment includit the establishment o on page 6

4 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
d its uiss in sindry settins. Commitment tae siccar status wis promise
paragraph contains a commitment tae increased fundin
2 matches

gov.scot Biggin a strang future for Gaelic an Scots, (Scottish Government 2022) Central, government
A commitment for tae mak siccar the lang t
1 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
wantin in thir maitters, the commitment on a Scottish Langages Bill k
turn aboot, gaun ower the key commitment an thae ither commitments thi
ther or no the Gàidhealtachd commitment shuid hae hits heidmaist focu
mmunities. Alang wi this is a commitment tae hae focus on hinnerin lan
n Scotland, the ettle wi this commitment wull be for tae consider whit
19 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
sful but merked the stert o a commitment til Scottish writin that depi
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ne Labour showed their lack o commitment tae Hame Rule in 1912, there
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
pairt’) but, o coorse, the commitment o mairriage.
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
e rush these things.. Ye need commitment... ?? (2023) twitter link

@WhenDidADidny tweeted
o aw 200 people on the plane. Commitment to patter at 3700ft is impecc (2018) twitter link

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