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The word 'bosies'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bosiesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.61810
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 32.7 10 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 bosies in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
I widged awa fae der bosies, on page 115

1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
I miss bein able tae gie fokk bosies.(2021)
Aberdeen in general...oh, an bosies an smoorikens. Dey wid also b(2021)
could geng tae events and hae bosies? I do miss yun.(2021)

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ae yer bed. Yer ower auld fur bosies noo. Bosies lead tae ither th
noo. Bosies lead tae ither things wi man
2 matches

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
Granbairns, so I get plinty o bosies.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
s an sing tae her, an gie her bosies. An mair nur yon, she likit D
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ble an great fun an gies best bosies fin ah’m feeling anxious or (2019)
Bosies! https://t.co/kOlkw7XMSV(2019)

@FaeFoggie tweeted
tkins @morlichbck Neist time. Bosies aa roond(2020)
AiberdeenQuine Massive hugs n bosies Quine(2020)
nnysc89883981 @gaynorbag4life Bosies ??(2020)
d being looked after. Virtual bosies fae this loon.(2021)

South Northern

Diansangu, Mae naebdy likes a clype, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
security o a hunner bosies. she’s
1 matches

Dundee

@d_anderson878 tweeted
Aye! Hunners o bosies. Or cosies in Dundee. https:/(2020)

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
ss begoud ti ring in the ying bosies, an the ettil wes gied owre f on page 3

1 matches

General Central

@billykayscot tweeted
@d_anderson878 Bosies, Diane!(2020)