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Use in varieties of Scots

bay Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words25.2 17.1 41.8 99.4 5.8 20.7 31
Number of occurrences8234 28 10 1 2 7
Number of authors46 23 10 5 1 2 6

Occurrences of bay in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
as o the day, high abune Luce Bay. on page 25

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Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
His sodjers 'gin the bay on page 28

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McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
on the white sands o Jervis Bay on page 32

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Cairns, Pauline Lallans 83 - Boeuf Bourguignon, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
twa-three bay leaves on page 68

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
He heard the deerhunds bay. on page 11

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
sklents by Kirkbean, Bay of Carse, on page 11
Fae Laggan doon tae Rankine's Bay on page 26
SAUMON NETS, LUCE BAY on page 36
The moon shines oan the Bay of Carse on page 56
when antrin bay, the fair disjaiskit on page 57

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
despair. Ah mean, Guantanamo Bay hus probably goat a maire ham on page 13

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Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Nae langer be held at bay. on page 202

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e lees we're fed fae the VoW, Bay we shuid aw be grateful that on page 50
, were transportit tae Botany Bay fer sedition eftir a series o on page 58

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
oast an land an army at Lunan Bay. Fowk thocht that Napoleon wu on page 25
, an aff they went tae Botany Bay in Australia. Nou thon wis na on page 107

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McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
Sailin oan Simba frae Nelson Bay, on page 16

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
tin Ninian's galley cross the bay. on page 85
he English foe nearhaund Luce Bay; on page 98

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
Then guddles aboot in the Bay o Bengal on page 22

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
In green-bay growth frae shell-smuith skul on page 81

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
e Loch Lomond, Sweet Rothesay Bay, Bonnie Strathyre an Rowan Tr on page 11

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
I'm keepin noseyers at bay! on page 35

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Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
splashin aboot in the bay on page 27

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MacKenzie, Douglas Eemis Stane 1 - Puir Finch, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
And frae my windae bay beseech her on page 13

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
An try tae keep the Picts at bay Sae thir Empire widnae fa. By on page 5

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Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - Mither, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Hunger keepit at bay wi a buttered scone, on page 58

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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
Instead atween Burnhaven Bay and Ugie’s Braes.
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Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
the steep incline towards the bay. The light wiz gaan quick, th
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Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
Scots. Tae keep Nora Batty at bay. See, ah'm a Yorkshire lass a
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
starts tryin tae keep them at bay as well as tryin tae assert s
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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ined street lookin in the big bay windaes ay the grun flair fla
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
readin. Claver learnt the ah-bay-say, but couldna pit wirds th
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
psychobabble Incite tae riot, bay fur blood Get it gaun an’ s
1 matches

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
the harbour, maistly in the bay on page 10

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Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
airly keeps the travellers at bay on page 14

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
fairmhoose aside Cruden Bay hid bin full o fun an lachter on page 21
r biggit q bungalow in Cruden Bay an retired, it wis jist teen on page 22

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Perhaps at Cruden Bay on page 141

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Uri, Antonia North East filmmakker feart for the futur o Doric, (Doric Future 2019) Doric, blog
Cantley McWilliam, fae Cruden Bay in Aiberdeenshire, is warkin
, ‘The Historians of Cruden Bay’ ower the past ‘ear, an h
a fair puckle fowk fae Cruden Bay an the airts roon aboot.
le o the aulder fowk o Cruden Bay, wi their stories o the villa
he good news wifey fae Cruden Bay”. It features videos in an
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Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
sikkin tae eyn up in the sick bay nursin a burst mooth. That wi
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
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and 9 other occurrences.

@FaeFoggie tweeted
wa ti attimpt ti sweem ower i bay. I'll let yi ken how I get on(2019) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
@corinmain A like Cruden Bay(2020) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
och, heuch, ness, moss, mire, bay, naze, shank, ess. (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
Sailan intae the bay in great longships. on page 42

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Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
s Memorial looms ower Marwick Bay. on page 37
summit, gazan oot across the bay. on page 48

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Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
sheu saa i'the bay fer the first directions, an on page 8
laast sheu docks at Lightness Bay, weel by the turnan o the Sta on page 106
. Sheu's sat at the waa o the bay, waatchan twatree yoles laanc on page 147
the kirk an no the laancheen bay, preferran prayer tae seean t on page 151
aads the air an separaets the bay fae space, the Lights is hurl on page 156

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Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
patch-bay honeycomb burrows; on page 10

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Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Canada, the Hudson Bay on page 132

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ü saa da familiar faces a da Bay City Rollers on da box dey gi on page 24

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Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
ridin oot i the bay. on page 161

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@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
@OnlyOneTeeta Leith, Whitley Bay and Seahooses ... ?? aa’ are(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
icht streech o san at Drumfad Bay on page 22
Betwixt tha streech o Drumfad Bay on page 25

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Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
n people didnae judge ye jist bay the claes ye wur wearin. on page 45

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McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
thang tae keep tha drouth at bay Tha hale day lang. on page 13

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Came oot o Bangor Bay. on page 42

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NewtonLass Tay, (newtonlass.blogspot.com 2011) Ulster - Newtownards, poetry
thang tae keep tha drouth at bay
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Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
he bank-fiel tae the watterin bay cut ooty the broo behin Bab
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