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Use in varieties of Scots

likesay Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 12.3 0 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2524 0 0 0 1 0
Number of authors5 5 1

Occurrences of likesay 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.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
nt spellins ae the same wird, likesay baith "everythin" an "everyhi on page vi
ly hear whispers noo an then; likesay, "Sure, an ah don't like it, on page 38
, "if the door wis atween us. Likesay, if you wir inside, ye might on page 57
oan: "that stairts wae an M, likesay moose-traps, or the moon, or on page 74
"Well, likesay, whit ir your shoes done wae? on page 101

5 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
mak some sneistery remairk - likesay, he wad say that God had gien on page 6

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
s o the facts that he'd read. Likesay, he kent how tae tell an alli on page 4
wis bletherin aboot. Likesay, this mornin, she wis sayin " on page 5
s are totally, totally wrang. Likesay, ye'll mebbe get a swatch at on page 27
hem were maistly jobs o wirk, likesay giein the deckin oot - the b on page 30
el awfie lanely." You and me, likesay, we'd never dae onythin like on page 34
Also on pages 36, 68, 83, 107, 114, 124, 153
12 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
e whit dis this buik contain? Likesay, it is stoundin in its scope on page 133

1 matches

Curt_Kenobi Mates, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
. The fucker snores. No loud, likesay, but...it gits tae us. It's s
1 matches

Connelly, Gordon Celebrating Ithers, a letter tae somebody wirth celebratin, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
o view ye’re scrievin frae. Likesay, are ye scrievin a letter as
1 matches

Ahmad, Nyla How We Celebrate – scrievin prompt, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
Likesay:
1 matches

Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
ritten material in Scots, but likesay, the internet gies us the abe
Likesay, the SLC website can be read
2 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Likesay, the Greens, whaes biggest pl on page 211

1 matches

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