A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sayan Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.8 0 27.1 228.5 0 0 0
Number of occurrences410 18 23 0 0 0
Number of authors11 2 9

Occurrences of sayan in Corpus

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Doric

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
Sit aa efternune without sayan a wurd. on page 111

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
get rether sleepy, an went on sayan till hersel, in a dreamy sort on page 10
ans on her lap as if she were sayan lessons, an began till repeat on page 18
ir puttan their heids doon an sayan 'Come up again, dear!' A'll o on page 19
solemnly presented e thimble, sayan "We beg yer acceptance o iss on page 26
wld Crab took e opportunity o sayan till her douchter "Ah, ma dea on page 29
Also on pages 32, 36, 43, 50, 53, 60, 63, 69, 82, 92, 100
17 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Bit, his faither sayan hid's aal me faalt, weel, I n on page 15
"And pit a note in sayan that we'll tak a dog instead. on page 60
And Jock kept sayan grumpily, "Yer nice green wan on page 73
die bit and I see whit you're sayan fine. on page 83

4 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
or. Abasht, sheu blethers on, sayan hoo hid's gey bonnie here, ho on page 75
tell, fer I canno thole fock sayan Am gyte." Her een is weet. on page 96
Astrid plays the dour local, sayan notheen, turnan awey, an noo on page 138

3 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Whit ye sayan?' on page 7

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
e wur standan in the Kirkyard sayan cheerio all ! could hear wis on page 33

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Smokan and sayan notheen. 'That's a good crop. on page 72

1 matches

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
yamils sayan hii! Mak use o yer legs on page 18

2 matches

Hall, Simon W. Tae thee, or no tae thee?, (Brisk Northerly 2020) Orkney, blog
eard a North Isles bus driver sayan tae an owld wife, ‘On thu c
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
a peedie bit o whit they were sayan.
l gets so confusan if we keep sayan ‘You-Ken-Whar’.’ Ah’m
een any reason tae be feart o sayan Voldemort’s neem.’
ot. You ken whit everyone’s sayan? Aboot why he disappeared? An
whitivver ‘ivrybuddy’ wis sayan, sheu wisno gaan tae believe
8 matches

Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
sayan: Whit waether, min, whit waet
1 matches

Peace, Courtney The 'Guid' Life, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
can jist hear yin teachar aye sayan,
1 matches

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