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The word 'invest'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
investOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.897
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 325.5 2 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of invest in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Aiberdeen Cooncil invest in new technology tae balance(2016)

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
teachers micht dae waur than invest in it; ye may gang til this m on page 126

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
teachers micht dae waur than invest in it; ye may gang til this m
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
y in ither weys were keen tae invest in the whalin tho awbody kenn on page 32
e Nethergate, had decidit tae invest in the whalin. He had been ge on page 33

2 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
t don’t get it. Ye need tae invest in yer talent; let them nurtu
1 matches

General Central

@alistairdunn tweeted
a seriously need tae invest in a dvd player(2014)

@Chazzbat tweeted
ke dugs dae? ?? Micht as well invest in some sex toys an be done w(2020)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
A legacy tae aye invest on page 54

1 matches

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