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The word 'invent'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
inventOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.71211
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 invent in Corpus

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Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
a ‘restrict’ it, or ta ‘invent their own versions of it, as
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
. "A can see ye're tryan till invent somethin!" on page 50

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
'en refer tae Scots at aw but invent anither name for it – Nedsp
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
rts. If ah wis a dominie ah'd invent some richt crackers fur the w on page 2

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
tland. Gettin his scribes tae invent spurious claims o feudal supe on page 22

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
This bairn o ma ain invent wes nerr sax fuit squar, cept on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
the sky. She wished she could invent somethin that'd wheech them f on page 67
"Dae ye think you could invent somethin that'd get us oot o on page 129

2 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ntify tae jist extrapolate an invent.(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
. "Ah can say ee're tryin tae invent sommit!" on page 51

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
and invent whit canna be, on page 105

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
n. "A can see yae'r tryin tae invent somethin!" on page 52

1 matches

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