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The word 'invention'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
inventionOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.82213
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 15.9 12 5
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)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of invention 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.

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
er did loons manage afore the invention i' beard ile?(2018)

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
'It's a new invention,' quo Cherlie but Snottery wi on page 59

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
Douglas is in fact a coortly invention. Tho Douglas pit aboot the id
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
inister side o this wunnerful invention, sae we maun aw caw cannie. I on page 7

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
nt; the tellin o stories. The invention o writin didnae kill aff stor on page 10
ship's lifeboat an afore the invention o the harpoon gun that was fi on page 40

2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
e maist students, wisni above invention, when knowledge failed! A min
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
thic, brains, mair wark, rare invention, on page 93
Oor Scottish brilliance for invention on page 102

2 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
greatest, ma maist brilliant invention! It's a meal made oot chawin- on page 107
ma verra latest and greatest invention - Television Chocolate!' on page 143

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
no unnerstaun whit this uptap invention o yours is gonnae dae tae the on page 74

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
e horizon and thocht aboot an invention she wantit tae build. Onybody on page 3
pin her oot frae her dwaums o invention. on page 5
ide the windae, wirkin on her invention as quiet as a moose. on page 115
"I'm sorry yer invention didnae wirk," Klaus said, aw on page 129

5 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
ll a mell o auld saws an gleg invention in the leid tae. Durin the ca on page 6

1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
writin's an invention.
1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Matthew Fitt: a word aboot 'bad' language, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
phones or phones or even the invention o electricity.
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@AileenMcHarg the soup was an invention: onions, leeks, celery, peppe(2020)

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Invention aye haes got a place on page 42

1 matches

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