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Use in varieties of Scots

sap Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.3 2.5 5.9 0 0 0 9.7
Number of occurrences115 4 0 0 0 2
Number of authors10 4 4 2

Occurrences of sap in Corpus

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Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
. By hudin' oan sae tight, we sap wur ain strength, leavin' us on page

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
she seems a richt wee sap. on page 1

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
han colours dee tae brouns an sap on page 2
Reivin greenflees gross o sap on page 82

2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ting like poosies - dont b a sap awe ur life n live for the da (2020) twitter link

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
seepin sap its ruits on page 3

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
while the sap silts in her veins on page 60

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
"Sap an saains," said the Midgie. on page 42

1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ae ower hate tae mak e butter sap in, got tae be runnin' soon y(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
sap in a drouth on page 25

1 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
ma gut, lake meltin wex, Tha sap rins oot ma hairt. on page 64

1 matches

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