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The word 'sakes'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sakesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12615
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 26.2 8 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 71.1 6 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.4 7 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 sakes 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.

Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
n deef, or mell-heided. Gweed sakes, the times Ah shouted in his on page 84

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Goad sakes, Jim, iv at's aa wi'v gat in on page 80

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Gyad-sakes! Ere's bloody flees aawye." M on page 14
t wis lef o her poodin. "Gyad-sakes!" she said, haudin her find u on page 32

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n a bite o er craacker. "Gyad-sakes!" she cried, spittin't intull on page 31

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
'God-sakes,' mummlit Minnie's ma tae her
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Sanners Gow's Tales and Folklore of the Buchan - The Clootie Dummmplin!, (Ayton Publishing 2017 ISBN: 978-1910601419) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e the mornin’s yokin. Gweed sakes faar diz he pit it aa?’ Ony
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
uggle (1944 - 2013)'. 'Gweed sakes!' he thocht, '2013! Hiv Ah be on page 41
roared ower his heid. 'Gweed sakes! Fit a size! Fit can they be on page 43
t for a meenit or twa. 'Gweed sakes, they look aaler nor me! They on page 45

3 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
'Gweed sakes!' Ah said. on page 38

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
"Gweed sakes," says I. "He's turnt his fai on page 35

2 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Fir God sakes, yer heid aches on page 121

1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@DoricPhrases Oh, gads sakes! At'll fair mak ye blecher.??(2018)

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Guid sakes! Bit they've a wheen o men!
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ol causin a riot before? Fuck sakes!' Naebody answers but we aw l on page 48

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Sakes, Ah juist ate breakfast on page 5

1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Lads, tak heed fur aw wur sakes, refrain fae chattin shite. on page 26

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
'Guid sakes, lassie!' skirled Mrs Boakreg on page 111
'Guid sakes, boay, I really dinnae ken .. on page 148

2 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
tae kyth a man. For our sakes tae, on page 97

2 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 58 - twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Tyauvin awa. Guid sakes, this world a raivelled stram on page 95

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
then slaps thum wi a bill(?) Sakes. #Corrie(2020)

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