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saturday Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words62.7 35.6 193.8 9.9 11.6 0 13.3
Number of occurrences19467 121 1 2 0 3
Number of authors37 23 10 1 2 1

Occurrences of saturday in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ed hersel up at the dance yon Saturday nicht, wheelin and flingin he on page 76

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
tales ae valour fae Friday n Saturday. How much wine yi drank, wit on page 6

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
h up doon at The Carousel oan Saturday night?" Paul wondered aloud. on page 32
in. The last time wis oan yin Saturday efternin when ah wis in the h on page 40

2 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
Saturday efternin. 'Whelks... Mussels. on page 1

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
tap yi goat oota Zig Zag last Saturday, said Charlene. Naw, she said on page 23
she pure took a maddy on the Saturday mornin aw cause her ma's boyf on page 153
Paisley wi me an Charlene on Saturday night, said Chris. Naw. How n on page 169

7 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
He always hud a wee lie oan a Saturday before gaun rae the bookies f on page 40
ke a lifetime ago now. It's a Saturday, and ah want everyone else ta on page 42

2 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ral virtues o a ‘Cotter’s Saturday Night’ or whistlin ower the
1 matches

Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
other’s gettin married this Saturday. Clicky’s been invitet tae
1 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
It was already 10 on a Saturday night, and the formerly light
"At hauf ten on a Saturday night? You're aff yer nut, Ab
2 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
Oan the Saturday we heided for the beach, aboo
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ght, vibrant an alive wae the Saturday mornin bustle ay people.
1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
tand fur a poke o chips oan a Saturday nicht and wine oot a box. Pos
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
sdays and sometimes even on a Saturday when his team were playin awa
annae go doon Byres Road on a Saturday wioot bein stopped by thon wi
staundin on the doorstep on a Saturday efternoon and the way the nei
3 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
It wis a Saturday. Carol wis awoke tae the dug
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
22nd except in 1680 it wis a Saturday.....

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ted tae a pairty at oors this Saturday’’
te wae a boax ae Kleenex this Saturday. Ah’ll lit yiase ken what t
2 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
e going tae ibrox every other saturday, this season. last for a few (2016) search twitter

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
uld pubs were open again last Saturday. Cannae believe there was som(2020) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
orning peeps.. A dull looking Saturday oot there.. Cauld, and it's t (2023) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
@JohnBishop100 Enjoyin ma Saturday evening! xxx http://t.co/IiID(2014) search twitter
Pro-active Saturday started! Finally registered @(2014) search twitter
Saturday now at end...Cough.. cough...(2015) search twitter
Fabby Saturday had! Thank you @JeffBrazier @(2015) search twitter
effBrazier Hae a guid talk on Saturday! Gutted a wont be there??. Ho(2015) search twitter
and 3 other occurrences.

@MartinBroon tweeted
cotRail timetable every other Saturday ffs... ????. ????????????. ??(2019) search twitter

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
ait. Live blether at 3pm this Saturday! https://t.co/vqGh50jEi9(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
Jings, I'm sick tae death o Saturday Kitchen. Wish we still had Th(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
when @mickbrick54 speaks this Saturday ?? and then get up-in-arms wh (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
itter, FB or YouTube. ????????Saturday 24th October, 3pm???????? htt (2020) twitter link
pa's Bonnie Unicorn event oan Saturday 7th March at 'Wee Write'. Cli (2020) twitter link
the Burns Gala day event oan Saturday 25th January @RobertBurnsNTS (2020) twitter link
at Corstorphine library this Saturday, 23rd November, as pairt o @B (2019) twitter link
n at Corstorphine library oan Saturday 23rd November, as pairt o @Bo (2019) twitter link
and 7 other occurrences.

@Sinethugcat tweeted
eeting up wi Dundee fowk on a Saturday tae fly the Saltires aff the (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
in ma mix of an eos game on a saturday n 2 youth games on a sunday - (2020) twitter link
ian_Pacey @pele_anderson last saturday wae isobel n oo got twae lol (2021) twitter link
t n get that pitch rolled for saturday lol - as for the call offs l (2020) twitter link
get that defence in order for saturday - lithgaes calling - what a (2020) twitter link
@JakeMoyes1108 aye n am a saturday nights alright fir fightin ga (2020) twitter link
and 6 other occurrences.

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ssus perjink Chanced in by ae Saturday nicht for a drink Mair eest t on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"You'd fly next Saturday," she gied em a smile, "from on page 39

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Saturday 4th, Temp. - 1/2
Saturday 11th, Temp 1/3 (Rainfall 2/16
Saturday 18th, Temp. 0/5
Saturday 25th Temp. - 1/5
Saturday 1st, Temp. 0/2
52 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Saturday 3 Temp 2/5 Rainfall 2/16
Saturday 10 Temp7/10
Saturday 17 Temp - 2/3
Saturday 24 Temp 0/4
Saturday 31 Temp 1/2
52 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
Saturday 4th April
1 matches

The Flying Pigs Use of the common good fund for slap-up feed merely follows in grand old tradition, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
on the black market. But last Saturday a local couple came up wi’
1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
gersFC Nah definitely oot for Saturday. Good young player though, st(2020) search twitter
. Fit happened? Confident for Saturday?(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
e the Bullers ti Longhaven on Saturday two three miles but what a pl(2020) search twitter

@daleser23 tweeted
back. Aye its my birthday on saturday so il be oot all day. #fuckit(2013) search twitter
at actually. U got a game on saturday?(2013) search twitter
d tae nailing yer breether on saturday? #idlaugh(2013) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
ake up the morn tae find it's Saturday, nae Thursday?!(2011) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
@ally_begg Christ your Saturday nights are a barrel o laughs (2017) search twitter
Michty me, anither Saturday night in hain tae watch Tack (2018) search twitter
Keyhole" gets on the TV on a Saturday nicht. It's truly affa & that(2018) search twitter
Canna beat a Saturday efterneen doon at the Fittie (2019) search twitter

Orkney

Brown, Moyra Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Palace time-travelling, on a Saturday thruppenny-visit, on page 29

1 matches

Shetland

Nicholson, James Lallans 58 - Do whit du’s telt, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
e gee dee dye pocket money on Saturday so here it is. Noo mind, gae on page 17

1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Forecast on da wireless for Saturday night "it'll soon ease back d(2014) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ng men tae clip the hedges on Saturday an ye'll be nae guid tae me i on page 1

2 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
ancin at the Town Hall. Ivery Saturday, ah'm on ma ain on the boy’
1 matches

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