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The word 'invasion'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
invasionOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus51612
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of invasion in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
tell ye. It's naethin bit an invasion." on page 87

1 matches

General Northern

@cligeey tweeted
Alien invasion last nicht https://t.co/URiFo(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
it done fur that sortae hing. Invasion ae privacy or some pish." on page 107

2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ce vocabular efter the Norman invasion, an a still-leevin tradeetion
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
a - n a luved the mini pitch invasion fae the hutchi - ouch lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Whit's this, said Chris Rice, Invasion ae the elves. You're pure sad on page 169

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
at led the resistance tae the invasion by the English King Edward 1, on page 22
re regular rumours o a French invasion. In 1801 there wis near panic on page 25

2 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
he ither side o the warld the invasion aabody wis waitin on haed ste on page 15

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
r dreid wis born o the idea o invasion fae ither warlds, bi craiturs
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
haed tae fend the kintra fae invasion an weir.
John Nicoll and the English Invasion
2 matches

@LowEndJardo tweeted
sayswhit @VisibleOtter Wishae invasion ae the west end, canny beat i (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
c Wars. Appearinlie ae French invasion wis expeckit an ae day, suman
1 matches

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