A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of saved in Corpus

Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
t seen his lastminute penalty saved. Then, there's the machine pl on page 27
ae wey the boay shouldnae huv saved that yin. Oor supporters have on page 110

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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
ericans as weel. So they were saved the indignity o bein lockit u on page 27

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
shocked. Yir gran jamp in an saved him, said ma ma. No way. Ma g on page 169

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
o chocolate. The haill faimly saved up their bawbees for that yin on page 6

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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
oor planet's perjinkness wis saved by a legendary heroine cried on page 18

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
s back: no a bad lad, Hughie; saved her life, so he did; deserves on page 39

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
be fou o admiration. "Ye hae saved us!' on page 42
back tae the day when he had saved Wee Grumphie fae the flood, a on page 132

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
y! They're real chooks! We're saved! We're no gonnae sterve!' on page 44
ast tae oor dear freend wha's saved oor lives the day - Mr Tod!' on page 76

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ye'd huv thought they could o saved at least one seat. Cousins an on page 5
e ah'd gien Mammy ma digs, ah saved every spare penny ah hud fur on page 54
nge left ower fur them - and saved up Donald's pension efter he on page 77

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
"That place saved ma life whan A wis a student, on page 125

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
there's the sisters saved their faither's hoose; on page 35

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Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
His gleg een had sichtit and saved a wheen o sic nests afore and on page 18

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Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
"Yer sang saved ma life," the Emperor tellt t on page 110

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
fae the deid, then ye maun be saved. Bi haudin true tae yer hert, on page 97

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Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
"That place saved my life whan I wis a student,
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
n a hoose an the Provost haes saved his
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t ma senses ur still numb. He saved ma life, ay that ah’ve nae
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Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
barmaid. The Big Man Upstairs saved me oan Died Dan day, and ah w
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
sfowk, mindin her hoo she had saved his apprentice afore in Athen
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ze. Essential graith had been saved, bit mony a thing had been lo
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Havery, Hannah The Gaithering, (Literature Alliance Scotland 2022) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
wi’ve saved up like stamps.
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Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
; the same Scott Thomson that saved the penalty frae Paul McStay
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@IshbelMcF tweeted
Whit if Scots language gets saved cause there’s a bunch o hot (2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
Reiki a wee go. It literally saved ma life.(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
tae reiki and when ah say 'it saved ma life' ah literally mean it(2021) search twitter

Doric

Templeton, Sheila Tales Fae The Doric Side - La Bella Rebelle, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
o a hangman's noose - fit saved ye, Colonel Anne? on page 62

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ae his wife Marguerite "We've saved aa wir lives we deserve a wee on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Saved fae fadin awa. on page 6
heard aboot the time fin Eric saved up fir sax month fir a shell on page 20

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
alloot himsel a smile an wis saved fae ony mair interrogation fi on page 31
mile. "Still...Ah s'pose it's saved ma shellin oot te hae a prenu on page 49

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
hould ken that the chiel that saved yer nephew fae droonin that d on page 17

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Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
he swam doon inno the sea and saved her derk-eed prince. Fin she on page 116
an I near drooned. Thon quine saved ma life. I'll niver forget he on page 123
It wisnae thon sweet quine fa saved ye...it wis me!" the wee sea on page 124

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
he kent fine that he hid been saved be the
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
n the fecht, his sowel wad be saved frae the birsslin lowes o Hel
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
e they'd gyang claimin they'd saved the warld, still weirin their
aa roon the States. Ye'll hae saved ma ain faither's life; an ye'
faither's life; an ye'll hae saved Dr Bandara's research project
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Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
eed wi bairns he wis. Mind he saved Millie Smith’s wee loonie f
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Rebecca, Casey and Stephen The Baby Dragon, the Wolves and the Lassies, (Scots Hoose 2017) Doric, weans
a wondered if she wid ever be saved until ane day she noticed a b
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Dunnett, Nathan The Auld Asylum, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
Fit saved us wis Jordan’s phone gaun
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Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
rin saicret messages. He also saved the lifes o his Laird, an aab
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Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
urnt bit on the end. I always saved it till last. This is the che
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Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
The doctor that saved my life came tae see me. His
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@beast_afc tweeted
lokes singin. Screechyer than saved by the bell https://t.co/Xhz5(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ier. Bring back the Schooner, saved me waiting till 12(2016) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
aill Dennison single-handedly saved Orkney folklore with the publ
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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
aid faercly, "Du's my baby. I saved dee, du wid a been deid if I' on page 30
lled wis," shü whimpered, "I saved wis just in time." on page 52

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
He'd gien tae da sea an saved aa his penga on page 66

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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
erlooked these days, may have saved wir ancestors lives through h(2018) search twitter

Southern

@projecthawick tweeted
om Pyemount’s a guid man; he saved Hassendean Station from ruin (2020) search twitter

Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
aranMcMenamin You should have saved thon wan for #Twelfie of the (2017) search twitter