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invite Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.4 16.4 10.6 9.9 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences4332 7 1 2 0 1
Number of authors26 18 4 1 2 1

Occurrences of invite in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ed vyce, "For the Duchess. An invite frae the Queen for a gemm o c on page 44

4 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ou Aldo, ah suppose ah better invite yae in" ah says reluctantly. on page 63
uckin thoat. Ah only came tae invite yae fur a pint wae me and Cra on page 66
oon as ah saw the name oan ma invite, ah kent summit wis up. Fur D on page 165

4 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
l wis wan ae them, then she'd invite her in jist the same an she'd on page 169

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
said Mr Wonka. 'I decidit tae invite five bairns tae the factory, on page 171

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
l kid oan it's ma birthday an invite aa the wimmin in Scotland, ex on page 79
stable laddie had fergot tae invite ony men, so hardly onybody wi on page 83

2 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
is ma faut,' said Mr Tod, 'I invite ye aw tae share the purvey. I on page 48
'And sae I invite ye aw, Mr Tod cairried on, 't on page 79

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ma ain, but ah'm naw gaun tae invite Stella Marie back intae the f on page 60

1 matches

Briggs, Susi The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Princess and the Grumphieman, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
nichtingale she is shair tae invite me tae the palace. If she doe on page 84

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
p upbig the project awbody is invite tae uplaid photaes. on page 65

1 matches

Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
Ah did get an invite tae they Broons’s Christmas
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ts Tung an sae it taen up the invite bi Regína Jensdóttir, ane o
1 matches

Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
wis wan ae them, then she’d invite her in jist the same an she
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
let. It wis nice o Stuart tae invite us aa tae a Burns supper, but
1 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
ntrol o ma body. They made me invite everyone tae this ceilidh. I
1 matches

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
going oot when Ah received an invite tae meet up wi them aw. Looki
1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
e o Bella Caledonia cordially invite ye tae render the Scots langu
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
erment at such things, is tae invite ridicule an mockery. That wis
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
d Associe haesna raxed oot an invite for its Scots Writin Competee
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
pe. This is shuirlie a siccar invite tae clype the scant o substan
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
@RobertMiggins Nae invite at all? Any discussion?(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
me - DM me yer email fer the invite. https://t.co/zMZPKkHHgj (2022) twitter link
ut her chair at the table tae invite her tae sit doon. Explains a (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
the game - any chance of an invite? (2020) twitter link
@RyanMusselburgh where wis ma invite - am needin tae get oot mair (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
wire. "Thunks so much fir the invite - me an Gerald hiv bin looki on page 27

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
a bodie, an syne Ah'll try an invite em again." on page 24

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
wis Spurgie the Postie wi an invite tae Lowpity frae.
“I canna gie YOU an invite Gracie,” quo Ross’s grann
2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
because she thought it would invite an attack on Dunottar was his(2018) search twitter
nae Share this post an dinnae invite yer freens tae Fit Likey the (2018) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
swally, until he decides tae invite his next door neighbours & 2a(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Okay, so you didna invite me, that canna be denied. on page 84

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
Alice, "but A'm no gotten an invite yit." on page 65

1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
rimin ower da wattermark o da invite anunder a magnifyin-gless, da on page 35

1 matches

Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
Thon SNP glipes didnae invite the #UlsterScots tae their el (2015) twitter link