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Use in varieties of Scots

protect Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.3 17 3.2 9.9 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3832 2 1 2 0 1
Number of authors25 20 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of protect 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.

Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
e Christian duty tae gaird an protect this congregation frae ony so on page 35
st the beild o fower waas tae protect them frae the elements - an on page 56

3 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ist git ma heid kicked in tae protect the soartae cunts ah hate. So on page 44

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
n side o things. In order tae protect the guilty we'll caw the Airt on page 75
the land an awthin on it. Tae protect their interests they had hail on page 83

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ed at me, Ah've got a rep tae protect yi know, on page 169

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The business warld hud tae protect, Shareholders' views, on page 31

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
So ye write new wans and protect yer ain as best ye mey. on page 19
Tae protect yer son, mebbe on page 102

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
It's in ma mind tae protect ye on page 112

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
lyta. He's gonnae dae her in. Protect her or on page 40

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
ot a Scots Language Board tae protect the interests o oor creatives
1 matches

Smith, Jamie The dingin doun o devolution, (Mak Forrit 2020) Central - Edinburgh, blog
cots awready ken fine hou tae protect theirsels frae the corona smi
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
aething but their tattoos tae protect them. They war uised tae fleg
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
the fowk we’d been sent tae protect? They wadnae lat us in their
1 matches

Harper, Emma Promoting the Scots Leid, (The Scottish Parliament 2021) Central - Stranraer, government
at legislative muives fir tae protect an promuive it mair.
1 matches

Wilson, Lucy Lock Doon, (Greenock Telegraph 2021) Central - Greenock, poetry
ll stay in the hoose tae help protect ma granny.
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
vowed to keep oor secret tae protect oor folk.
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
mae wrang, a select few still protect an respect me. Ma wee helpers
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
n the frame tae support an’ protect her. “Noo Jints, count oot
the left! A quickly moved to protect her from landin’ badly but
That now protect the swimmin’ legions.
3 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
answer the caw tae airms tae protect the fowk. Hooanever, a unitin
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
alweys say that yae need tae protect the yins yae love first.
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
of other fannies on yer DMs, protect yer tweets like @KirsteenMcG0(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
er endin. Even the law cannae protect thum. Disgustin. https://t.co(2020) search twitter
ye're supposed tae "serve an protect" is jist SO HARD(!) ??(2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
Ers how tae get yer Protect Scotland app hing! https://t.(2020) search twitter

@rattlecans tweeted
nd her ilk that the fight tae protect women fae being raped in jail (2022) twitter link
88 Ye don't think. Ye act tae protect babies. (2022) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
headwear and undergarments to protect our clients' modesty." on page 81

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
tae protect hersel. She wis telt that war
1 matches

Orkney

Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
n fur whit a body wid dae tae protect her son. on page 10

1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
potential solutions tae help protect da peerie seabird. #seabird #(2019) search twitter
ock at da Teevliks damorn tae protect da soothends local shops supp(2014) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
Gary says it is wer duty tae protect the street frae ony trouble.
1 matches

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