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Use in varieties of Scots

santa's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 3.6 1.5 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences97 1 1 0 0 0
Number of authors6 4 1 1

Occurrences of santa's in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
se tae come along and tell us Santa's no real. Then oor hale world on page 18
" Craig explains . "Tae Aldo, Santa's jist some fat fuck in a rid s on page 97
rid she could probably guide Santa's sleigh this year. The hale ro on page 124

3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
eed a reality check hen cause Santa's that guy wi the fake on page 40
cause ah thought ah might see Santa's reindeer. Ah've got her well- on page 169

2 matches

Robertson, Gary A Wee Dundee Xmas Poem, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
rns start gittin excited, but Santa's naewahr tih be seen
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
ly have a lovely time... Hope Santa's guid tae ye?... :) (2022) twitter link

Doric

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ySTV Wid be better if it wiz "Santa's a Scotsman" by the Scottish Q(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Her hoose is like Santa's grotto on page 53

1 matches

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