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Use in varieties of Scots

invent Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 4.1 1.5 0 5.8 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences128 1 0 1 1 1
Number of authors11 7 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of invent in Corpus

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Central

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

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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

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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
tland. Gettin his scribes tae invent spurious claims o feudal supe on page 22

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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

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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

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

Doric

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

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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
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Southern

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

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Ulster

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

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