Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'borin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

borin	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	14.4	46	24
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	13.1	4	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	11.9	1	1
DOR - General Northern	8.9	2	2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	20.5	8	4
WCE - West Central	59.8	13	3
DUN - Dundee	21.2	2	2
EDN - Edinburgh	6.3	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	10.9	2	2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	12	9	4
SEA - South East (Borders)	12.5	1	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)	27.8	2	2
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)	51.2	1	1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of borin 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.

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
Lang an borin, Naythen tae dee on page 59

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
est, Ah thocht he wis a richt borin dreep, an yon skinnymalink o on page 25
Sunday aifterneen - lang an borin. Ah'd sneakit oot te play fil on page 63

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
micht bi a rale dry affair - borin aiven." on page 28

1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
eva is sae muckle mair than a borin business trip. on page 5

1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Tutorials ir effin borin on page 194

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
wed up statin. "That wis affa borin ". It made Jonsar Eck think
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
wey tae the toon, an spent a borin efternin dawdlin roon the sho on page 1

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
'Tam, I knew yer aunt I'm no borin ye? on page 56
ults wad quake; tak the maist borin poultice o a fellae there, or on page 74

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ey early oan. It wis a pretty borin affair, ken? Cagey n that. Th on page 105
us tae clear oot the attic. A borin bastard ae a on page 185

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
I nodded. Shuggie eyes were borin giant holes through me, then on page 27

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
en maire than anyboady what a borin teetotallin bastard he really
‘’Marvin? That’s a borin furckin name. Ah wis expectin
2 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ried tae tell her that it wis borin an ah wis gettin sick ae it b on page 87
aw black aff the ink; it wis borin; it wis takin too long an she on page 143
aces that are gaunnae be dead borin. It only cost twenty poung aw on page 162
The power station wis quite borin like ah thought: thir wisnae on page 163
. Ah thought it wis pure mega borin said Chris, Ah mean thir's on on page 164
Also on pages 169
9 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
six Sanitary Act. It wis dead borin cos it wis aw aboot water sup
1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
ounded, sae hings were pretty borin ’. An’ ah wis tryin’ tae
�� an’ ‘holidays are pure borin eh?’ conversation she cam u
2 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
urned back intae a kinna mair borin ’ version o’ the fitba deb
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
a borin cunt that widna go amiss, on page 3

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
rth Sea cuid tell ye jist hou borin it generally wis. Eftir aw, y on page 46

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ae findin a new fancy hoose. Borin as fuck, ah ken. But no fur B
1 matches

Glasgow

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
a hinks . . . this is totally borin. on page 8

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
up ya miserable cunt. This is borin the life oot us, ye know. We�
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ers that looked important and borin. Roond a wee framed photie o on page 63
nt for bein awfie lang, awfie borin, and awfie on page 83
- tae read lang, haird, and borin books. on page 84
the wird "gowpit" here means "borin and glaikit" - play by Al Fo on page 142

4 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
me. Fur aw Stella Marie is a borin bastart, she should be hingin on page 79

2 matches

@iainnicol tweeted
nin o the equality act is gey borin.(2020)
@stitzch Ay, solid caw. Borin bit wis a guid idea.(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
ollaed me first, mind. Ah wis borin (true).(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
s tae happen, that eet seemed borin an daft fur hings tae cairry on page 14

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
said Boab the borin barman on page 99

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
an maist borin war in history, on page 10

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Borin, burrowin, batterin, bashin on page 6

1 matches