A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

byous Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15 19.5 9 0 0 41.3 0
Number of occurrences4838 6 0 0 4 0
Number of authors23 18 4 1

Occurrences of byous in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
An bide in his byous boure again, on page 46

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Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
Whit byous beast! It traivelt on its wey on page 26

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
'Losh! Ye are byous bonnie!' on page 31

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
rek, and suddently mindin the byous thing that had happened, they on page 6

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
but nane quite hke the byous, green, Glamour Wid on page 11

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
he speedo birl backwards at a byous rate. Ah can sned fifty thoos on page 18
tae his bedroom whaur a truly byous blue and yella parrot was sit on page 36
t there, richt vauntie wi the byous result o her ain haundiwork. on page 55
ittie mair in the mind o this byous bairn. She kent that she shou on page 69
erted tae descrive some o the byous things Matilda had done wi ar on page 81
Also on pages 147, 200, 208, 219
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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
muckle! It's undeemous! It's byous! It's a ferlie! Hoo did ye da on page 61

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ots leeteracy tae scuils is a byous cheil. Tae teach it alang wi on page 8
We are sonsie in haein byous an strang instances o screivi on page 15
Oor wab o byous Scots dialects haes been hotl on page 16
s - an performed them at oor byous Moray Music Fest - but finni on page 58

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Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
dirk grene impyre jaud, wi a byous kervit lidd. He aff tuik the on page 3

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
It isna ony wunner that this byous buik is thocht o as a perfeck on page 62

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 67 - Leddy Stair’s Closse, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
This byous gless shawed throu the mirk, on page 141

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Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
"A see frae aw thon byous graith thu haes on page 87

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Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 58 - twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
But byous prayers nae hindersome tae an on page 95

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
t thir hine awa places an the byous ferlies that thaim that cleck
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Washington DC in the USA is a byous and presteegious centre o cul
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
wantin a staundart but haes a byous leeterar heirskip – is tae
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
weel-wrocht insicht intae the byous ferlies ablo the sea. Some o
fe on a coral reef an see the byous craiturs that bides in the de
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
e planets, galaxies, an ither byous ferlies, threaps that, sae fa
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ehends his extant warks, is a byous pose o muisic that wis less o
ium micht be the aesome maist byous achievement o Scots Renaissan
estrina in Italy wis componin byous warks that is unco weel-regai
3 matches

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
wis luckie ti sit under thrie byous dominies: A stertit at the Gr
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
In this, the poem is byous gallus and faur aheid o its t
tland, its gallus passion and byous bonnie lines aye gar the hert
at we hae in Marie Maitland a byous strang candidate fur its auth
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Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
‘Search’ function – yon byous tool – does mak it seem pos
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
rded that lang! Man, that's a byous lang sleep! Losh, ay, an me t on page 41

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
a ye said aboot us, oor job's byous dangerous: U boats, E boats, on page 44

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
e in Weston, the widder becam byous gurly. There was a reevin win on page 30

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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
dder bodie tae dress her, sae byous hudderie as she wes. "There n on page 64

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Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
bath denner an by Dod, it’s byous wunnerfu!
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Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
til the hoose, ane hes ae byous panoramic vizzy; richt owre t
is biggit, an blockit oot the byous vizzie ane hed, richt up the
ne wull fur oor lives, an the byous Glorie at kan bei oor’s, on
etation) aw around mei; thaim byous sichts o new life i the affin
4 matches

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