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The word 'investigate'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
investigateOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.71513
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 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of investigate in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I gaed oot tae investigate the source o that stramash - on page 59

1 matches

Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Scots language resources tae investigate wer ain historie, ken. https: (2020) twitter link
For folk that want tae investigate a puckle mair Scots words - (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ard that ah um, ah decide tae investigate further. on page 106

1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
Polis noo had twa murders tae investigate, twa stiffs in the space o a
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
o another one lol - did they investigate awe the data breaches on folk (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
set aff fur Fred's hoose tae investigate. She chapped on his door and on page 36

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e wis yaisin it for cover tae investigate the interior. Kamile tane up
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
€™ he sais, breezin by me tae investigate. ‘Here McShane! Get oer her
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
bounds away fae the table tae investigate. He neednae huv bothered as a
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
nald said. 'Ah'm gaun oot tae investigate.' on page xvii

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
It wad be interestin tae investigate whither there ony objective b on page 9

1 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
@shannnnan am away tae investigate(2014)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ues sooth o the border didnae investigate yon rogue Cummings.(2020)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
ha cratur's hoose an gaed tae investigate. He foond him clocked on tha on page 14

1 matches

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