A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sare Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 4.6 28.6 0 11.6 10.3 0
Number of occurrences319 19 0 2 1 0
Number of authors18 6 10 1 1

Occurrences of sare in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
e roon here. Stood oot like a sare thumb among the Peggies and on page 76

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
sel this place is a sight fur sare eyes. The windaes are protect on page 71

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
jist a sare haed an a healthy on page 63
an meh arse wiz ah sare we thi auld newspapers. on page 104

2 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
ircut that stawnds oot like a sare thumb, Av got the sex pest, w
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
ear. You’ll stick oot like a sare thumb ??(2020) search twitter

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
@star_welsh Aww dinnae get a sare heid gorgeous ?? look at oor (2022) twitter link
k aboot her bein a nurse hen. Sare fit or nae sare fit. Get doon (2022) twitter link

Doric

Nicol, Paul Tales Fae The Doric Side - Her Hauns, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
her hauns, blistered an sare bit she nivver lets it get he on page 24

1 matches

Diansangu, Mae Tales Fae The Doric Side - My Faither's Fowk, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
bruisit lipt an sare begeckit on page 38

1 matches

Bundy Broch The Doric Min, (YouTube 2020) Doric - Brouch, poetry
She tried sare to change my tongue and punis
1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
er. Oh, ma painches wir richt sare by yon time an A
1 matches

Robson, Euan Peelie wally, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
root. On tap o a that I hid a sare thrapple. Then came the block
he blocked neb, chapped lips, sare lugs and dry skin a ower ma f
2 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
tit up, bricht and quick, but sare aa’na.
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
topherHarv Aye Chris, it’s a sare fecht in the cheap seats! Bov(2018) search twitter

@daleser23 tweeted
Scotty scotty my lip is still sare fae fan u punched ma iday. #t(2013) search twitter
CallumC19 that anes gave ma a sare heed(2013) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
It's a sare feicht fir a half loaf!(2011) search twitter
Sare leggies th morn me thinks(2012) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Woke up the day wee affa sare heed and throat feels like a (2016) search twitter
ut's flared up again & throat sare fae cauld wither. Nae idea ho(2017) search twitter
Woke up the day we an affa sare back! Hid tae tack doon yon X(2018) search twitter
a few shandies! Although bin sare a wik wee ma back bit telt he(2018) search twitter
Affa Sare heed the day. Bin twa days af(2018) search twitter
and 1 other occurrences.

Shetland

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
added, "we'll pairt smaa an' sare aa". I'd not heard dat in lon
available, I wonder what the 'sare aa' bit's actual translation

Southern

@jamie_ginger tweeted
orge_hogg hope yir aryt. I am sare but no as bad as u. #neeenaaw(2012) search twitter