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Use in varieties of Scots

savage Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 4.1 10.6 0 0 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences198 7 0 0 1 3
Number of authors14 7 3 1 3

Occurrences of savage in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
aist were nou awa back in the savage land whence they came. He cui on page 35

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
eehive awey fae winnin a Lily Savage lookalike comp. on page 168

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
didnae mak oniebuddie stupit, Savage or ignorant. on page 98

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
e as a bluidthirsty, murderin savage an there are them that'll tel on page 116

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
An pit an end tae oor savage game, on page 92

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Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
in awbdy’s een, blindin the savage - like folk who wurr waitin
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Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
s the ‘ither’ or ‘noble savage’, an no seein thaim as real
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@IshbelMcF tweeted
A Boy Or Are You A Girl?, by Savage and F(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ast, The Brazilian: a helluva savage kinna haircut at wisna oan ye on page 82

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
Silver Sea, Robin Hull, Steve Savage, London and Edinburgh, 2007, on page 124

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@Manuforti1968 tweeted
as usual as seen as she sa ma savage she winted bit. Story o ma li(2020) search twitter
til ye've tried. Better than savage meat in yer stovies.??(2019) search twitter
aeFoggie Looks affa fine. Twa savage an twa bacon minimum should b(2019) search twitter
hree is nae bad. Nivver ivver savage meat. It's the law.??(2019) search twitter
oggie Fash supper wi a smoked savage chaser. Mock chop jist makes (2020) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Winter's savage frozen blight on page 38

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Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
e stye wi it es tae go wi the savage Queen: so shae waitet. on page 93

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Gibson, Darren Cannae Thole Ye!, (lowcountrylad.blogspot.com/ 2014) Ulster - Ards, blog
writer an poet George Francis Savage Armstrong caad, ‘A Cannae T
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@the_gellick tweeted
llads of Down" (1901) by G.F. Savage-Armstrong. A Kirk elder danne (2018) twitter link

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