A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'saws'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sawsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.32111
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 19.7 15 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 saws in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
It's easy wi bars, chines an saws on page 15

1 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
d. He also realised ane o his saws wis missin. As he says; on page 118

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
uist English wi the soonds an saws aa cock-ee'd. The'r a grammar
1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
bstetrics - but he collectit saws an stories that seemed tae co on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
t tae creenge at oor words an saws, but sell it nae bother tae t on page 8
n anes is the kind o words an saws affen used tae portray Scots on page 38
cheils - like the oweruiss o saws, or repeteetion o words. on page 49
e search for aesome words, no saws. on page 50
dverbs, interjections, nouns, saws, verbs an reflexive verbs). on page 51
Also on pages 61
7 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
There's still a mell o auld saws an gleg invention in the leid on page 6
ons micht hae been auld Scots saws at ae time for some wes still on page 7

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
sed wi aa the couthy an pithy saws o his bairntid: the mair haws on page 134

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 56 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
aim that's interestit in auld saws, monie a pleisant while's tim on page 15

1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
erbs and Sayings haes a wheen saws beginnin wi ‘Them that’ w
™ll likely finnd at the abuin saws kythes as, for example, ‘Th
t in 1750) we finnd a fouth o saws wi ‘They that’ + plural v
3 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
rÂ’s amang ma favourite Scots saws. https://t.co/LyZ5JX7XzN(2020)

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 73 - A Whein Auld Chinese Saws, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
A Whein Auld Chinese Saws on page 83

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
couthie sklentiefruit-relatit saws an sangs...(2020)