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The word 'collect'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
collectOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.33126
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 9.8 4 4
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 2
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.4 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 10 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of collect in Corpus

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Orkney

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
I'm been to feed the hens, collect the aiggs, on page 42

1 matches

Shetland

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2021) Shetland
Ends so if you're no been tae collect dem den you can buy dem fae d

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
I've been tae collect seaweed torn ashore fae da we(2020)

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Syne, collect her teeth at half past three" on page 15

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
me back this day next wik tae collect his repaired pipes. So sayin
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
wi Gurr an Scrat. Oh, ye can collect yon twa fin ye come back.”
n oot fin ma granny comes tae collect me at hame-time,” Ross telt
fingers war aywis ettlin tae collect things. Aathin that furled
3 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Wee quinie, we kin collect i'watter in tubs on page 185

1 matches

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
s and fish for troot we could collect buckies and byel them on the
nd byel them on the beach and collect gulls eggs we would tack oor
2 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
es that Hercules wis sent tae collect were in the courtyaird as wee on page 34

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
ane fine; then he gaed on ti collect mair names, ane efter the ith on page 74

1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
east. We’d only be able tae collect the baw efter school and mayb
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
t?’’ he bubbles. ‘’We collect the money, eh? And then we go
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
d a takeaway pint n a click n collect (2021) twitter link

West Central

Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
h wood near where we live and collect the leaves wanst they've turn on page 102

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Unable ti administer or collect thir taxes, on page 42

1 matches

Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
tae wait at th’ library tae collect oor hoose guest an bring hur
1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
rary forms. Sang o Sangs is a collect o lyrical an passionate luve- on page viii

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ors fur customers tae stand n collect their messages. Ma gran used on page 35

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
on, go roon aw the auld fowk, collect the stories! An juist five da on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah’m gaun tae collect ma pension fae the Post Offic
1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
Scotland, so you can come and collect your visa immediately." on page 14
haud o sae monie o thaim tae collect, if it wisnae fae parents tha on page 23

2 matches

General Central

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
face. There's a man comin tae collect this bit paper the day an I'v on page 17

1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
is in S3/4 my pastime wis tae collect irregular French verbs an lai(2020)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
Beatrice and dad @Pontyboy99 collect thon chuckies and raise funds(2020)

General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
t wan of them has a bucket to collect donations #Amateurs(2018)

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
"Wha dae tha kings o tha irth collect thair dues an texes frae - f on page 9

1 matches

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