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Use in varieties of Scots

concentrate Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10 13.3 4.8 19.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences3125 3 2 1 0 0
Number of authors19 15 2 1 1

Occurrences of concentrate in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
the schuilroom and ettled tae concentrate on the lesson the teacher wis on page 73

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Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
hankful for his wurds. Focus. Concentrate. on page 56

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
s bein swots. A lassie should concentrate on bein bonnie so she can get on page 91
ettled hersel and sterted tae concentrate, and gey quickly this time sh on page 204

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Ah couldnae concentrate on the work fur thinkin aboot on page 18
Ah couldnae concentrate aw through Maths. Part ae me on page 48
it. She drew me a dirty look. Concentrate, she said. We sat fur aboot f on page 107
gin aw thir songs an couldnae concentrate on ma work at school. Yvonne' on page 159
et audiences, but ah couldnae concentrate cause Charlene an Laura Kyle on page 169

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Cairns, Pauline Lallans 58 - Newsins fa the SND, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
that Iseabail an Pauline can concentrate oan gettin fundin fur the New on page 110

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
thair fingirs the Editor cuid concentrate nae mair. on page 4

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Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
Ah couldnae concentrate on the work fur thinkin aboot
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Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Just concentrate oan yer ain gemme, Coyle’ h
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Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
same – it's hard fir me tae concentrate, and I cannae mindo things. I
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Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
uth. Judges, Ruth. Ye cuidnae concentrate.
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Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
wit a shot the day. Couldnae concentrate mind yi…kept hinkin’ aboo
o a private club like this. A concentrate on ma scorecard n hope he’l
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Lehane, Matt Hush Nou, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
concentrate a human the morra
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
” he addit, “bit Ah canna concentrate wia hantle o fowk aroon.”
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Connelly, Gordon Celebrating Ithers, a letter tae somebody wirth celebratin, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
whit moments ye’d like tae concentrate on and whit wey they were imp
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@g_hibby tweeted
@gersoise32 Ma team need tae concentrate oan winning a game..?? (2022) twitter link

Doric

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
e, I liked. Bit it's hard tae concentrate fin ye'r constantly on yer gu on page 59

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
get aa that, than. Lut's jist concentrate on fullin in ess poxies Wi ye on page 53
her voice. "'Ah canna seem te concentrate." on page 80

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
ikely hiv funnd it herder tae concentrate on drills that morneen. He di
He funnd it a lot heirder tae concentrate on drills that afternoon, and
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Shetland

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
still far awaa. He began tae concentrate, tae try reach it. His mind s
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