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Use in varieties of Scots

safer Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.6 5.1 7.5 19.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1810 5 2 0 0 1
Number of authors17 10 4 2 1

Occurrences of safer in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
breaths. Yi feel safer as the familiar fields, paths on page 48

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
bock, I'll be on my wey tae a safer place . . . for gin it gets a on page 32

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Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
must be some weiy tae mak it safer fur the men, aye an' tae mak on page 24

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Is it really safer cruisin the singles baurs fir on page 112

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
aun tae be hell. Mebbe I'd be safer in the jail. on page 28

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
iolet's hair, and Violet felt safer than she had in a guid wee wh on page 44

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
he'd be safer deid - an they were richt, on page 35

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Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
discretion cairryin a bairn. Safer tae set him doon, Ah tend tae
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Raggle an suggestit it wad be safer for her tae try for tae disab
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Wallace, Lorna A Scot’s Lament fur her American Fellows (Oan their election of a tangerine gabshite walloper)., (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2016) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Was a safer bet.
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Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
in aroond this pliss. Ah felt safer workin in Barlinnie Prison, t on page 40

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
eyvnoo - shiftin siller inte safer bets, like, jist tull the mar on page 37

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
an there's plenty o safer alternatives on page 17

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Fowler, Ross Sunday Fitba wi ma Faither, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
gain. He’s decided that its safer jist tae watch it and leave t
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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
see's, that id wid be a haep safer wi a twa wires strung aroond, on page 20

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Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
a brand-new Ford - We'll be safer in the pick-up, boys, so, que on page 64

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Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Ah feel safer on mae oul bike; on page 39

1 matches

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