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Use in varieties of Scots

dave Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.9 14.9 7.4 0 23.2 51.7 7.7
Number of occurrences4630 5 0 4 5 2
Number of authors17 8 4 2 1 2

Occurrences of dave in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
et Street. We'll jist cry him Dave, tho Sir David micht hae been on page 76

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Dave Maguire on page 66

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
culture, frae eik-names lik 'Dave the Lady Armstrong' or 'Dog P on page 127

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
tain Days and Bothy Nights - Dave Bowen and Ian Mitchell
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
Dave yawned expansively and rolled
he wis takin his forty winks. Dave hated hyenas, tae his way o t
Dave meandered through the redgras
As Dave breistit a wee incline he qui
Dave gied a throaty growl somewhau
19 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
tie MSP an, as her assistant, Dave Smith, is daein the Secretar'
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
e be an artisan barber called Dave. ??(2020) search twitter
There was a choice of Mark or Dave. Dave just didnae sound right(2020) search twitter

@MartinBroon tweeted
A say welcome tae the league Dave. Whit A meant wuz, “Welcome (2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@sid_lambert big dave took nae prisoners oan the pa (2020) twitter link

Doric

@DoricPhrases tweeted
words means? Mony thanks tae Dave for these richt rural ene’s,(2015) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
ist a peety I didni bump inti Dave & his femily. https://t.co/pw(2019) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
@NeilDrysdale Aye, Dave Lee Roth wis in a chipper nea (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
Dave Cameron wis jist needing to u(2020) search twitter
Dark money Dave elected after an extravagant (2020) search twitter

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
od at Pointless dat I guessed Dave Edmunds afore dey played any (2019) twitter link

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
eep sandwiched atween him and Dave ???? (2018) twitter link
ck into da swing o school and Dave bein at wark. Its been a gods (2020) twitter link
lly difficult fur both me and dave tae fin non-alcoholic stuff d (2018) twitter link

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
back is A kan mynd, the naem Dave Rutherford rings bells i ma
heid. Dave Jackson an his marrow, Peg, w
um. The laist tyme A spak til Dave, wis it the heid o the
up yonner. Ay, ma faither an Dave
Hall. Dave Fox an his marrow, wur the Ha
5 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
But feyther Dave an uncle Will, on page 27

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
(a quare begunk for glaikit Dave): on page 40

1 matches

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