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The word 'savour'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
savourOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.61811
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of savour in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
We man savour wir wirds is dey tirl on da t on page 19

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
traivel wi wir difference, an savour on page 39
takkin time ta savour on page 40
y white sateen. Whitna day ta savour on page 100

3 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tabbies, nae takkin time tae savour them, jist packed them doon m
1 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena The Spikk o the Nor East Leid, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Doric, poetry
ornygollach jist fur fowk tae savour
1 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
watch it again now - just to savour the occa (2020) twitter link

West Central

Kirk Jn, Albert Guid Fences Mak Guid Neibours, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Luntin ma bawhair tae savour the heat;
1 matches

Dundee

McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
a kerrs! Yi close yer een tae savour it. When yi open them wherr u
1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
- ilka byleid - hes its ain savour an feel in the mou, near unpo on page vii
ebrew Bible an o the soond an savour o Scots. Gin these versions a on page viii

3 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
- guid stuff tae savour, tae really feel, tae dawdle on page

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Caller maet haes savour tint in jeelin: on page 34

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ican and the builder sip, and savour, a gowd still accessible in t on page 72

2 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
A first sip noo the taste tae savour on page 20

1 matches

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