A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of boak in Corpus

Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
The mead near gart me boak, an I didna get a guid nicht' on page 60

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
sinsyne. Man! he gies ye the boak! on page 26

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ot the leid that'd gie ye the boak, on page 77

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
wund. Ilka haun tae the oars! Boak whaur yi sit! Aye Goad's keip on page 14

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
ul an lang, an it gied me the boak an the fear; on page 94

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ht shock tae monie. Despite a boak-makkin an doonricht disgracef on page 7
i me it wuid maistlike gar me boak oniewey ~ bit ae pynt o this on page 20
dee'd. Is there oniethin mair boak-makkin nor a kilt-clad, bool- on page 84
agin, this cin lead tae truly boak-inducin subservience tae the on page 119
t is the system that allous a boak-makkin amoont o siller tae be on page 122

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
rm pits. That ure gies me the boak. Especially when thiv got big on page 95
her, It's awready gien me the boak. Aye but jist think, she said on page 98

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
in ma storehooses! Ye can hae boak yersels silly on them! I'll e on page 81
let oot a monstrous awmichty boak, and at the same second, a to on page 105
'I'm gonnae boak!' yowled Mrs Teeveeheid, her on page 140
o! We're nearly there! Dinnae boak in ma bunnet' on page 141

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
'Boak! Geordie said. on page 6
BOAK, SAIR NEBS, SHOOGLIE SHANKS, on page 28
HAN TWA WILL MAK THE GRUMPHIE BOAK AND BIRL. on page 30

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
o him. The smell gies me the boak. Ah turn ma heid a wee bit ta on page 12

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ose would probably gie me the boak now. on page 43
al room is sickly. Ah get the boak at the sight o the waste bin on page 83
he smell would gie anywan the boak. on page 118

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
a boak on page 71

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
theus, jist gied them the dry boak. It wisnae fair. "That Hercul on page 3

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Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2017 ISBN: 978-1785300592) Central - Glasgow, weans
in batter? That's gien me the boak! on page 9

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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
wirds, an the fowk/folk, bowk/boak, powny/pony differs that as f
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ither, but it gies iz the dry boak, I canna help it. Every time
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Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
wa an noo at’s geein me the boak, tae be completely honest wae
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Gilmour, Rosie Ma Schuil, (Scots Hoose 2014) Central, weans
If ye git the boak or huv sair lugs
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Deid huddies an the Moray Eel, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
iamint fir Moray was gien the boak owre his Westmeester leader r
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Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ular notion made him want tae boak, he wis hungry but no that hu
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
��Cause they fair gies me the boak!
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
s ma nostrils gien us the dry boak as we go intae the front room
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
t o “brand recognition” (*boak*) as a fairly new formation d
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Pennie, Len The year A shouldnae hae had, (tictok 2022) Central - Kilmarnock, poetry
l and lang and it gied me the boak and the fear I lost some grea
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@FaetheRye tweeted
@SkyNews Boak (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
D-19. Even the thocht maks me boak. ??(2020) search twitter
?! It's enough tae gie ye the boak! ??(2020) search twitter
PrimeVideo That's gien me the boak. ??(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
asing Cummings is gein me the boak(2020) search twitter
_wishart Some fowk gie me the boak. Ah kin gain a stane jist LOO(2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
. Unanimously, fave wurd wis 'boak' :-)(2016) search twitter
Boak. https://t.co/lkHuOfFXyE(2020) search twitter

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
like cheesecake gives me the boak! (2022) twitter link

@annieones tweeted
ickly as yer post gied me the boak. (2021) twitter link
@Adcramps Boak! ?????? (2021) twitter link

Doric

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
fted aroon him makin him near boak again but he controlled it by
ts. Eence mair he started tae boak and that made things even wor
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TheChielMeister Philomena and Alcohol, (youtube.com 2010) Doric, poetry
W'll boak up in the sink
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@JamesAmcvean tweeted
@Alexx_McArthur Did ye boak? (2021) twitter link