A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

saves Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.6 1.1 6.4 0 11.6 21.9 4.4
Number of occurrences112 4 0 2 2 1
Number of authors10 2 3 2 2 1

Occurrences of saves in Corpus

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Central

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
urchased wi cigarette coupons saves a dozen free range eggs on page 82

1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
and the daughter follow... ?? Saves me suiting and booting... ?? (2023) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
urst. "It's better like at - saves ye gettin inte a rut, like." on page 38

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Saves ye fentin, saves ye fa'in on page 171

2 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
anan in id," sade e King, "at saves a world o trouble, ee ken, as on page 117

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
thin it," said da Keeng, "dat saves nae want o trouble, you ken, on page 122

1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
A peerie camp stove saves stinkin oot da kitchen ?? htt(2020) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
in eet," said th King, "that saves tons o trouble, ee ken, as oo on page 120

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@cammyrudkin tweeted
@RachelNuttella if it saves mi frae dain it a wud(2012) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
in it," said the King, "thon saves a worl o trouble, yae know, e on page 121

1 matches

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