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The word 'bizz'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bizzOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.82212
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 27.9 11 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
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) 102.5 2 2
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bizz in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
in particular, cheust got me bizz right up. on page 68

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
s the smell o caller air? The bizz o her jack pluggid in tae civ on page 71

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ts heich spires, the steer an bizz o its herbour. Ayont them stu
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
ekit een. Syne, wi a scowffin bizz it made aff intil e lang girs
1 matches

General Northern

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
r123 @do_mck Thocht I saw Fux Bizz parody meme(2019)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
teur fitbaw brolly - dun the bizz brother lol (2020) twitter link
lus the mighty spurs doin the bizz tae end a crackin wknd - o h (2020) twitter link
am backin brechin tae dae the bizz ower brora or kelty lol (2021) twitter link
e in your bellys - n dae the bizz - b oan (2020) twitter link
tey spurs brother hae dun the bizz - gutted they stepped aff th (2020) twitter link
and 6 other occurrences.

West Central

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
signs an the anely soond the bizz o hungert midges. Focht ower?
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
There wis a bizz and steer aroond the table. on page 79

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Bizz o simmer's bygaein, on page 82

1 matches

Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
wha's nocht but appetite an bizz. on page 53

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
But somethin mair, a whusprin bizz, on page 21

1 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
e a thoosan!” sayed Dan, aa bizz.
1 matches

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