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Use in varieties of Scots

rescue Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.6 12.8 9.6 9.9 40.7 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3924 6 1 7 0 1
Number of authors24 13 5 1 4 1

Occurrences of rescue in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
feel like ahm waitin oan the rescue ae they fuckin Chilean miners on page 31

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Tae the rescue cam the high heid flunkey on page 19

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
'en pairt a month back in the rescue o aicht Covenanters frae the on page 45

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
again, comin tae Miss Honey's rescue. "Can ah pit ma ither fit doo on page 141

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
he love o ma life tae come an rescue me. It wis a lang wait. on page 28
the paper; "Local Lad To The Rescue", the auld wifie in hospital, on page 39
he buffert looked in need o a rescue. on page 91

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
'Help' Grumphie skraiked. 'Rescue!' cried he, And showed them w on page 140

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
anks, but she wis plannin tae rescue Sunny, and she'd howped tae g on page 115
a flick o his hook, sent her rescue device clangin tae the grund. on page 123
sclimmed up here tae try and rescue the bitin brat." He paused as on page 125
And noo, Violet had tried tae rescue Sunny and had endit up gettin on page 127
"I tried tae rescue Sunny," Violet said, "I used on page 128

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
an the guid fowk fae Muntain Rescue (www.mrc-scotland.org.uk), wi on page 65

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Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Buffalo Bill, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
thi cavalry divna rescue naewan, on page 62

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Fleemin, Sandy Big Schuil, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ye hiv sut," Peter cam ti ma rescue, "ye'v soukit yer mammie's do
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
the watter an ma Paul hud tae rescue him, int that right Danny?’
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
dae the only thing ah kin tae rescue the situation fae gaun south.
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ein, unable for tae halp her, rescue on the wey - an the Chinese
arations got unnerwey for the rescue. Guzul had crankit up an auld
he fowk they had come for tae rescue.
. She’s come a lang wey tae rescue me [unner duress].”
he details o the fecht an the rescue. Eventually, she drapt aff, t
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@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
el. Here’s a wee photie o ma rescue cat tae cheer ye up. It’s a (2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
fochen, hauden-doon sowls. O 'Rescue the perishing, care for the d on page 32

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
r that time he climbed up tae rescue oor Sooty, an the incident wi on page 118

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
wye fin a couple came tae his rescue, ey took him tae the doctors,
1 matches

Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
airden ae day, an decidit tae rescue her an tae gie her a new leas
re’s aye some kind o animal rescue mission gaun on. The story o
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@cligeey tweeted
le o them coupit this morning rescue mission the nicht(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
I turned, hoping Davie would rescue me but what I saw broke my he on page 21

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
rd guide dem ats gane tae dir rescue," shü tocht. Bit Jeannie wis on page 33

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
dey minded on der rescue: on page 60

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Sinclair, James Murmansk, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Shetland, poetry
wi nae hoop o rescue, U boats, aeroplanes an even
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
a quick peerie selkie / seal rescue dis lunchtime. A grey pup who(2018) search twitter
Anidder Maalie rescue mission complete. Peerie brat(2018) search twitter
ik dis. Hiprah for Search and Rescue!(2016) search twitter
rk dis mornin as I couldna no rescue da worms trapped upon da pave(2016) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
boy ready tae tak hir in, tae rescue hir lik the maidens wur rescu on page 1

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