boss | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
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Total Corpus | 30.4 | 99 | 53 |
ORK - Orkney | 59.6 | 6 | 3 |
SHD - Shetland | 17.4 | 3 | 2 |
TON - Tonge | |||
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | |||
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
MNA - Mid Northern A | 9.8 | 3 | 2 |
MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
SNO - South Northern | |||
ABN - Aberdeen | 54.7 | 5 | 1 |
DOR - General Northern | 31 | 7 | 6 |
NEC - North East Central | |||
SEC - (South) East Central | 35.5 | 14 | 6 |
WCE - West Central | 23 | 5 | 4 |
DUN - Dundee | 42.5 | 4 | 1 |
EDN - Edinburgh | 25 | 4 | 3 |
GLA - Glasgow | 72.8 | 16 | 7 |
AYR - Ayrshire | |||
LAL - General Central | 30.5 | 23 | 12 |
SEA - South East (Borders) | 12.5 | 1 | 1 |
SWE - South West (Galloway) | 55.6 | 4 | 3 |
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) | |||
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) | 163.5 | 1 | 1 |
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) | |||
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) | 88.3 | 1 | 1 |
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) | |||
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast) | |||
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) | |||
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) | 32.8 | 1 | 1 |
GUL - General Ulster | |||
SYN - Synthetic (no region) | 18.2 | 1 | 1 |
Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
k. He rules the roost - he's boss. on page 13
indo like Bill Gates, the big boss-man cam oot. on page 69
2 matches
Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
the boss's nephew intae cahoots, scrat on page 7
1 matches
@helenmoncrieff tweeted
g/nature. I go oot wi my auld boss Pete Ellis and learn aboot Me(2019)
Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
get the chunce te bi yer ain boss." on page 86
2 matches
McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
t Alice, an spickin in a howe boss vyce at sounit like the dirli on page 99
1 matches
@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
es fit like, Ye best tell yer boss to hud oan tae his toooooopay(2015)
@72redz1903 tweeted
imes that of yir average SPFL boss - WeÂ’re bored of Del (2021) twitter link
@beast_afc tweeted
@AberdeenCC Let ma boss Ken this is why I'm no in the(2020)
C We oot broon, dandies gonna boss midfield(2020)
@Manuforti1968 tweeted
e I love Doric Flexi Time. My boss jist disnae get it.??(2020)
Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
lapped-oot nae-use-fur-nothin boss that couldnae tie his shoelac on page 1
1 matches
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
til a few months ago. When ma boss imported a machine designed i on page 22
orries, Pishwater, you're the boss, man" Aldo casually tells him on page 108
on ah generous splash ae Hugo Boss aftershave. Still, hings coul on page 167
3 matches
Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ony mair, so she sent fer The Boss. "Come an see this. The wee l on page 80
"I kent this wid happen," The Boss said. "She let the demon drin on page 85
s furious. She shoutit at The Boss tae dae somethin afore aabody on page 87
3 matches
Purdie, David C. Lallans 67 - Leddy Stair’s Closse, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
ir nems, wi quotes, is kervit boss, on page 141
1 matches
Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
tae the warkshap tae pit the boss in the picter. I'll no likely on page 97
1 matches
Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
Auld Wullie Syme, the firm's boss. Young Wullie says til thaim, on page 59
1 matches
Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
t in here's ower denty for as boss a wame as mines. A jalouzes A
1 matches
Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Boswell’s Coort, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
the boss brocht roun the peypokes,
1 matches
@DavidJWood2 tweeted
d War 1. Maybe he can get his boss tae have a word with the viru(2020)
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
a right bad mood cause her ex-boss withheld her wages an that me on page 143
1 matches
Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
itiver ye want if ye’re the boss o’ the game. The Clearances
1 matches
Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
™ debate. Anyways, he’s the boss an’ it wis a works nicht oo
1 matches
@annieones tweeted
@BarryKerr Hiv ye seen his boss ?? (2021) twitter link
McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
entices, A wis cornered by ma boss. He asked me if I’d a class
1 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
zhou an spak tae Beatrice’s boss. Walfare wis eident tae offer
ae come back tae Scotlan. Her boss wis guid aboot lattin her lea
2 matches
Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
poil hur day. Apparently, hur boss answered m put ma year head t on page 36
2 matches
Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
whit ma boss thocht o me" on page 21
1 matches
Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
ply. "But ahm a really strict boss. Ahd sack me like that: on page 17
1 matches
Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
To ken wha's boss! on page 7
1 matches
Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
I'll be the boss, heid bummer, the gaffer, the on page 99
1 matches
Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
The boss had come round at the endy th
nd when you’ve been yer ain boss for a while it’s hard tae
2 matches
Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
y in death, ah hink. Maybe ma boss will huv mair sympathy if he
1 matches
Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
To ken wha's boss! on page 31
1 matches
Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
a airly at nicht neither. The boss, Auld Wullie Syme, wes aye ke on page 65
3 matches
Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
'Let him gae, boss.' on page 17
3 matches
Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
outlins’ cums ben for ti ‘boss’ thaim aroun. Yit Wildlawye
1 matches
Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
r-man haed become Himsel, the boss-man, an con-
, no juist accompanied wi the boss, but
2 matches
@Cobradile94 tweeted
tae 100. Then ye git tae the boss. ??(2018)
@MartinBroon tweeted
Sooooooo, whit happens IF The Boss huz tae come oan mid game, Wh(2019)
@ClydeFC The Boss oan the bench? Whits that awe(2019)
@ClydeFC Come oan Boss Man, keepin The Faith... ??. (2019)
Nice Wan Boss! ??. ???????????? https://t.c(2020)
@ClydeFC Cum oan Boss Man. ????????(2019)
@RickHJohnston tweeted
ein ye back. Hibs efter a new boss. Ye'll ken that. Mum is behav (2022) twitter link
@Chazzbat tweeted
windaes, shouting ma name. Ma boss hud phoned her an asked her t(2020)
@DABArbuckle tweeted
ter when his ain shambles o a boss has brought the entire countr(2020)
@bigandymccoll tweeted
ken that their "end of level BOSS" willnae be there much longer (2022) twitter link
iver Take as long as you need boss. No hurry. (tbh, I'd hoped ye (2022) twitter link
Look forward tae watching it boss ???? https://t.co/UJlzLa97So (2022) twitter link
Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
For fear that we were boss
1 matches
@StuartPoet tweeted
n envelope on a Friday to the boss, that was it, for the hoose, (2020)