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The word 'inventions'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
inventionsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.4148
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 2
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of inventions in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
her, lug-babs an lipper were inventions o the De'il. But, lik Ah said on page 74

1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
in ontil kintra life o modren inventions sik as the motor caur (this a on page 5

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
e warks dedicat ti man-wrocht inventions (twa o whilk ir owersettins), on page 7

1 matches

Dundee

Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
day, all houses will have new inventions like this and it’s importan
1 matches

Edinburgh

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
otland's impressive history o inventions. Whilst maist o us ken aboot
1 matches

Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ee mercat economic theory — inventions or discoveries aw creditit ta
as pittin in for patents for inventions no o his ain makkin, an in 18
2 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
has a wheen o awfie wunnerfu inventions up his sark sleeve, Mr Wullie on page 12
Aw ma maist secret spang-new inventions are cookin and bilin awa in h on page 99

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
heen o books aboot mechanical inventions, Klaus got himsel twa-three a on page 68
e next few weeks wirkin on ma inventions - and lairnin how tae mak ro on page 78
Violet said, "I used wan o ma inventions tae sclim up the touer." on page 128
s gied her ony ideas for some inventions. She wis shair that if she co on page 157

4 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Wi oor Moontain Men inventions on page 60

1 matches

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