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Use in varieties of Scots

collect Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 6.4 12.8 9.9 11.6 10.9 8.8
Number of occurrences2612 8 1 2 1 2
Number of authors22 11 5 1 2 1 2

Occurrences of collect in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ors fur customers tae stand n collect their messages. Ma gran used on page 35

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
ane fine; then he gaed on ti collect mair names, ane efter the ith on page 74

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Unable ti administer or collect thir taxes, on page 42

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
face. There's a man comin tae collect this bit paper the day an I'v on page 17

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
es that Hercules wis sent tae collect were in the courtyaird as wee on page 34

1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah’m gaun tae collect ma pension fae the Post Offic
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
east. We’d only be able tae collect the baw efter school and mayb
1 matches

Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
tae wait at th’ library tae collect oor hoose guest an bring hur
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
t?’’ he bubbles. ‘’We collect the money, eh? And then we go
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
is in S3/4 my pastime wis tae collect irregular French verbs an lai(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
d a takeaway pint n a click n collect (2021) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Syne, collect her teeth at half past three" on page 15

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Wee quinie, we kin collect i'watter in tubs on page 185

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Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
me back this day next wik tae collect his repaired pipes. So sayin
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
wi Gurr an Scrat. Oh, ye can collect yon twa fin ye come back.”
n oot fin ma granny comes tae collect me at hame-time,” Ross telt
fingers war aywis ettlin tae collect things. Aathin that furled
3 matches

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
s and fish for troot we could collect buckies and byel them on the
nd byel them on the beach and collect gulls eggs we would tack oor
2 matches

Orkney

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
I'm been to feed the hens, collect the aiggs, on page 42

1 matches

Shetland

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2021) Shetland
Ends so if you're no been tae collect dem den you can buy dem fae d

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
I've been tae collect seaweed torn ashore fae da we(2020) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
Beatrice and dad @Pontyboy99 collect thon chuckies and raise funds(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
"Wha dae tha kings o tha irth collect thair dues an texes frae - f on page 9

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@OrangRuth tweeted
t wan of them has a bucket to collect donations #Amateurs(2018) search twitter

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