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boris Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.2 23.6 13.6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences5546 9 0 0 0 0
Number of authors18 15 3

Occurrences of boris in Corpus

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Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
ix an merched awa leukin like Boris Karloff wi a byle on his bum. on page 86

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
the mornin news, that the PM, Boris Johnson, hus cawed a press co on page 14
written a story cawed simply 'Boris Johnston'. Yous could say its on page 50
"This monologue's cawed, Boris Johnstone" ah tell thum "No B on page 53
wis inspired by ma hatred fur Boris Johnson and of course ma own on page 57

6 matches

Smith, Jamie The dingin doun o devolution, (Mak Forrit 2020) Central - Edinburgh, blog
tae keep ‘the Jocks’, as Boris likes tae cry us, in their pl
1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ah dread tae ask, but hus Big Boris closed the boozers again?”
doon’s oan the horizon. Big Boris hus a sin tae answer fur. Shu
fae the beginnin, but did Big Boris listen, even when ah wrote hi
3 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
of the virus. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has advised against a
today,” she says. “If Big Boris puts us intae lockdoon, yer p
2 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ng, Billy is an ugly wee get, Boris Karloff eat yer hert oot. His
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ody that looked sae much like Boris Johnson deserved a slap (even
1 matches

Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
rkel et al, nor ane biggit by Boris Johnson his lane?
1 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
verb, as in Tam o Shanter - Boris Johnson has tint his reason a(2016) search twitter

@RickHJohnston tweeted
ye on bahookie on the wey oot Boris. Winnae miss ye! As the sun r (2022) twitter link

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
in Bute Hoose. So last nicht Boris will hae been tellt. Shame oo(2020) search twitter
@HelenTrevone @JaneyGodley Boris is ae gowkairse of the heiche(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
er to leave that to folk like Boris Johnson and his pals doon in (2022) twitter link
That's no US by the way, it's Boris and his Eton chums. (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
Ah luve a bit o Boris baitin. ?? https://t.co/fsb9i(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
So both Boris Johnson (the ACTUAL Prime Min(2020) search twitter
ing I doubt, however, is that Boris Johnson was watching. Foulkes(2020) search twitter
Watching Boris the bawbag wearin a white coa(2020) search twitter
Tilly failed tae write "fuck Boris JOHNSON". Full name required (2020) search twitter
nybody else clock the state o Boris Johnson's suit jaicket? Boggi(2020) search twitter
and 9 other occurrences.

@annieones tweeted
hat's braw, yae described big boris tae a tee..... a callt him a (2021) twitter link
riously,what an embarrassment Boris is,does no-one check his spee (2021) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
Dear Boris Johnson, oor ancestors gave t(2021) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
uesday - rest assured though boris n ruth will guide us tories t (2020) twitter link
m8 - theyre awe slaggin off boris non stop - n look at the sta (2020) twitter link
streets for awe the royals n boris dads a roaster but whae cares (2021) twitter link
cannae resist this yin - if boris n nikki r no available - get (2020) twitter link
i would like to wish boris j/nigel f/donny mactrump and (2020) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

Doric

@cligeey tweeted
Boris jist bleeters(2020) search twitter
colaSturgeon Is that an image Boris wee his heid in the sand?(2020) search twitter
e service to Greece at moment Boris's offspring awa ti see granda(2020) search twitter
Boris awa again? what a gype(2020) search twitter
belOakeshott Bring yer wallet Boris nae moochin(2020) search twitter
and 1 other occurrences.

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
903 Jist ken Chris Packam and Boris Johnson's sister.(2020) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
listen to her briefings, not Boris’. She cares about fowk, Bori (2020) twitter link