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The word 'receive'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
receiveOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62116
ORK - Orkney
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 23.7 2 2
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.4 10 8
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 receive in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
That I am aboot tae receive at this time.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
kkers war far ower coorse tae receive them wi ony kinno guidwull; a
1 matches

Aberdeen

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
in his muckle yalla teeth tae receive the proffered carrot. As the
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
o nithing. I’ll be lucky to receive ma parcel the day wie coorse
1 matches

General Northern

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
“Molecatchers to receive training,” wis the heidline
1 matches

Dundee

Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
at everyone has the chance to receive the identical benefits from o
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
seemt neither tae expeck nor receive ony thank for. An Guzul seemt
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
sit doon wae the doactur tae receive a diagnosis. Ah cannae dwell
ah tell her ‘’It’s tae receive ma test results’’
2 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
and open mah hawn, ready tae receive Mo's sweaty mitt. He's goat a on page 12

1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
maitter tae Olaf, thinkin tae receive the lik weilcum an frienship on page 14

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
er poised for next time she'd receive another prick. on page 72

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
athon, ye'r mair nor like tae receive this feedback in real time. on page 48
i memmership o the Associe ye receive three ootgies o Lallans a yea on page 61

2 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Scotland! Receive an prosper me. on page 16

2 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
The haunds pause to receive and unlatch the buff envelope on page 72

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
flaws — allous uisers send, receive an hain e-mail. It’s no byo
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
the order in which each is to receive the total contribution for an
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
Aye a pleisure tae receive ma latest copie o @iScotNews (2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
sae it is betther tae gie nir receive.
1 matches

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