A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'sae-'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sae-Occurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus0.311
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 sae- 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

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
tae-no for mair as a week or sae-an whit wi da clined bread get on page 113

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Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ach at Geneva's 'Baby-Plage'. Sae-cried for jist bein peerie-wee on page 5

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Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
ass divisions even mair. If a sae-caa’d ‘solution’ causes
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Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
ults, fa hiv nae clue aboot a sae-caad ‘weel kent’ historica
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(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
Scots in skuils, as weill as sae-cawed ‘brek-oot’ times, wh
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Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
h in the schuils, even the no-sae-kittle conotations can be tint
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West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
ial-Matthaen' material is the sae-cawed 'Yairn o the Ten Deames' on page 136

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
accep MacDiarmid’s case for sae-cawed ‘synthetic’ Scots. T
til contack wi (e’en bi his sae-cawed enemies, at ae time or a
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Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
cil o the European Union. The sae-cried European Pairliament is
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Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
a lang deid owthar screivin a sae-lik deid tung, wrate thaim.We on page 11

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General Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
zen. This helper wis cried No-Sae-Muckle Maw Molipi, and, as ye on page 38
'Aye, said No-Sae-Muckle Maw Molip1. 'Sae stap y on page 41

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Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
sae-lik the eternal on page 18

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Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
ritter 'an tae a cauld hertit sae-cawed Scotsman wha haes nae un on page 4

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
politics whiles tak ower the sae-say. He sees ancient flittins on page 110

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ist orra facts o Mairs is the sae-cryed Face o Cydonia. It aw st
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
hare’s a hantle clean an no-sae-clean turns, jinks an prattick
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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
an lairners whaure'er an wham-sae-e'er they micht be.
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Thoumire, Elizabeth The killin fields!, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ing anely tae be a target for sae-cawed sportsmen.
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
fits at hame. The first o the sae-cryed corn laws wis pit throu
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
This is a sae-cawed ‘covert Scotticism’,
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
d (an allophone) makkit efter sae-cawed slender or front vowels
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South East (Borders)

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
e o the soss an sotter of the sae-cried Cultural Revolution, sae
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@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
huv a bad experience with sum sae-called JW kept knockin’ ma do (2021) twitter link
or identity rather then being sae-called ‘English’ nae only th(2020)

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