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Use in varieties of Scots

invasion Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5 6.7 3 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences1613 2 0 0 1 0
Number of authors12 9 2 1

Occurrences of invasion in Corpus

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Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
he ither side o the warld the invasion aabody wis waitin on haed ste on page 15

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
it done fur that sortae hing. Invasion ae privacy or some pish." on page 107

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
at led the resistance tae the invasion by the English King Edward 1, on page 22
re regular rumours o a French invasion. In 1801 there wis near panic on page 25

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Whit's this, said Chris Rice, Invasion ae the elves. You're pure sad on page 169

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ce vocabular efter the Norman invasion, an a still-leevin tradeetion
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
r dreid wis born o the idea o invasion fae ither warlds, bi craiturs
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
haed tae fend the kintra fae invasion an weir.
John Nicoll and the English Invasion
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@LowEndJardo tweeted
sayswhit @VisibleOtter Wishae invasion ae the west end, canny beat i (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
a - n a luved the mini pitch invasion fae the hutchi - ouch lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
tell ye. It's naethin bit an invasion." on page 87

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@cligeey tweeted
Alien invasion last nicht https://t.co/URiFo(2020) search twitter

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
c Wars. Appearinlie ae French invasion wis expeckit an ae day, suman
1 matches

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