A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

bou Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.5 6.9 4.8 0 0 10.9 0
Number of occurrences1713 3 0 0 1 0
Number of authors11 10 1 1

Occurrences of bou in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
bou the knee on page 32

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
place whaur we dinnae hae tae bou the knee tae politicians wha on page 137

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
'But we're no gonnae bou doon tae sheir level. We dinn on page 59

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Five sonnets o Cecco Angiolieri (1250-1319), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
My hert's bou'd doun wi teen - jist luik a on page 45

1 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
She had ti bou doun ti gae ben thro the wee on page 42

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ymalink that Hercules had tae bou his heid and be a servant. on page 5

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
raxin out the Bou Staur, ay, sae comes ma doung on page 27

1 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
An slamp yung lasses bou'd ower the side, on page 10

1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
€™in a truce an bearin in its bou
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
German Hanoveirianes, thai bou the craig til onie keing thai
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
“We wullna bou. Insteid we’ll ding these c
1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - Thof nae a rigmarie hae I, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Sae I’ll bou the knee an dwall on ither th
1 matches

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
he knabbie cled in fite paper bou'd furrit an fuspert in her lu on page 39
owe an her wyvin, as she hang bou'd ower the side o the boatiki on page 73
tae tummlin aff the waa as he bou'd) an bodin Ailice his hann. on page 79

3 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
that bou ower clespit haunds frae afer
1 matches

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