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The word 'saves'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
savesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.41110
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 2
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 saves in Corpus

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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)

North Northern B (Caithness)

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

Mid Northern A

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

General Northern

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

2 matches

Glasgow

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

General Central

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

South East (Borders)

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

1 matches

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

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

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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